[Intro: Fairlight CMI steam engine sounds, building strings] [Verse 1: Whispered, intimate, sparse accompaniment] I came back to Kansas The twister left me here But everything's in gray now The colors disappeared I feed the chickens I bake the bread I do the washing I make the beds But I'm calculating Wind patterns every night Barometric pressure The angles of the light [Pre-Chorus: Building, drums enter with martial beat] They think I've settled back Into my normal life But I'm building something In the barn tonight [Chorus: Full orchestration, strings driving, obsessive repetition] I told them all I wanted Was a storm that could take me away So I go ahead And the meters are climbing in the red It's an obsession in the making I told them all I needed Was a twister strong enough to fly So I go ahead With padding wrapped around my head It's a journey I'll be taking [Verse 2: More intensity, Fairlight textures build] In Oz I walked on yellow bricks Met witches good and bad I had friends who understood me The best I ever had But the Wizard sent me home Said I belonged back here Where the sky is always threatening But the rain never appears [Pre-Chorus: Strings swell, drums pound] I've mapped every tornado Within five hundred miles Studied their trajectories Documented their profiles [Chorus: Powerful, desperate, strings crash] I told them all I wanted Was a storm that could take me away So I go ahead And the meters are climbing in the red It's an obsession in the making I told them all I needed Was a twister strong enough to fly So I go ahead With padding wrapped around my head It's a journey I'll be taking [Bridge: Stripped to Fairlight and voice, building gradually] It could feel like coming home It could feel so dangerous It could kill me in the sky But that death is worth the risk They warn me "Dorothy, you'll die out there" But dying gray Is worse than dying In the air [Steam engine sounds intensify, strings begin to rise] I've built a warning system (sensors in the fields) I've sewn protective clothing (padding, leather, shields) I know the signs (the greenish light) I know the sound (the freight train roar) And when it comes When it finally comes I'll run toward it Not away anymore [Final Chorus: All elements converge, epic climax] I told them all I wanted Was a storm that could take me away So I go ahead And the meters are over in the red It's devotion I am making I told them all I needed Was a twister strong enough to fly So I go ahead See the funnel in the sky It's the journey I've been waiting for [Outro: Fairlight sounds, wind samples, strings fade] (Emerald City) (Yellow brick road) (Somewhere over the rainbow) (I'm coming home) The sky turns green The pressure drops The birds go silent And I Run Toward The Storm [End with sound of approaching twister, then silence]
