Number 35: Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You
Album: Middle Cyclone, 2009.
Added 5/21/07, 54 plays.
I've heard that Neko is referring to a literal tornado in this song, but I just can't believe that. It's just got to be a metaphor for how violent and destructive love can be. I love how the tornado killed people, destroyed buildings and train tracks, even carved their lover's name in the ground, all in a completely misguided effort to convince them of their sincerity. Love is hell.
Neko is one of the best singer songwriters of our generation. The melody rollicks along with the very active nature of the song, until she slows down to make a point - when the tornado checks in to see how they are, it calms down (an owl on the sill in the evening), until it finds it doesn't have them yet...
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