Tornado Joe Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Sumbuddyelse 

Cover art for Tornado Joe lyrics by Toh Kay

What a beautiful cover of an already creative song. Tomas Kalnoky is such a talented musician, turned this upbeat song into one that sent chills down my spine the first time I heard it.

For those that can't figure out what this song is about, I believe it is about someone realizing they would never make anything of themselves, and they had to get out before the "quicksand" of a place swallowed him up along with all the others.

He is apparently talking about California, or somewhere else on the western coast when he said "far left coast" he's talking about western america I believe.

However, the song is also saying that just because that place will lead to a dead end life, doesn't mean that leaving to go somewhere new will solve all of your other problems. He makes this clear in the lines "anxiety can hitch a ride on planes, loneliness travels from state to state" etc.

My Interpretation