Middle Cyclone Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tasseomancy 

Cover art for Middle Cyclone lyrics by Neko Case

This song is haunting. Easily one of my top 5 Neko songs.

Reminds me of a friend I used to have. She was always trying to act tough and constantly putting up an emotional wall. In reality, she wanted to be loved, but didn't know how to show it or want to admit it.

"Baby why am I worried now? Did someone make a fool of me, before I could show 'em how it's done." This reminds of, how as people, we constantly feel as though we are making fools of or embarrassing ourselves. We'd much rather beat other people to it, and do the criticizing. For some reason, we feel like criticizing ourselves hurts less than having others do it.