I think this is about how she wants to forget about all the pain her father brought to her. It's not just a direct meaning of a tornado blowing down a house with her father in it.
Shatter every window till it's all blown away,
Every brick, every board, every slamming door flown away
Till there's nothing left standing,
Nothing left of yesterday
Every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away, blown away
"Nothing left of yesterday" is saying that she just wishes for everything to be over with, just forgotten.
"Every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away" - again, she wishes for all her pain to go away.
"She heard those sirens screaming out
Her daddy laid there passed out on the couch
She locked herself in the cellar
Listened to the screaming of the wind
Some people called it taking shelter
She called it sweet revenge"
She just blocked herself out, she didn't want to be around him or have anything to do with him. She thought that someday it would be the ultimate revenge when he doesn't get to have her.
I think this is about how she wants to forget about all the pain her father brought to her. It's not just a direct meaning of a tornado blowing down a house with her father in it.
Shatter every window till it's all blown away, Every brick, every board, every slamming door flown away Till there's nothing left standing, Nothing left of yesterday Every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away, blown away
"Nothing left of yesterday" is saying that she just wishes for everything to be over with, just forgotten. "Every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away" - again, she wishes for all her pain to go away. "She heard those sirens screaming out Her daddy laid there passed out on the couch She locked herself in the cellar Listened to the screaming of the wind Some people called it taking shelter She called it sweet revenge" She just blocked herself out, she didn't want to be around him or have anything to do with him. She thought that someday it would be the ultimate revenge when he doesn't get to have her.