Every Brick, Every Board, Every Slammin' Door Blown Away

Blown Away

Carrie Underwood

           Carrie Underwood has sold 14 million albums, with 14 number one singles, and has earned five Grammy awards, all achieved with only 3 albums. Carrie Underwood emerged into the country music scene after she won the fourth season of American Idol. Her newest album, titled "Blown Away" has a more darker story line, and it has songs that are more than just love songs, this song being a prime example of this. Carrie Underwood claims that there is a lot of "drama" in this album, more compared to her past albums. Even though she is happily married, she still puts out some songs that have a darker vibe to them. Every one of her songs has a story line that goes along with it. Not one of her songs lacks meaning behind it, and her music videos do a really good job at portraying the story line of her songs. That is one thing I really like about Carrie Underwood, her music videos are actually relevant to the song and the story behind the song is told throughout the music videos that she releases.

           Her newest song, "Blown Away" has been my favorite song now for a very long time. I listened to this all throughout the summer, and it's been on replay ever since. This song is about a girl with an abusive and alcoholic father, and there is a huge tornado coming and it is going to hit their house. In the song, she states that "her daddy was a mean old mister, her momma was an angel in the ground, the weatherman called for a twister, she prayed 'blow it down'". In the music video, Carrie plays a girl with a father who gets mad at her after she won't let him touch her, he flips out and she runs away and finds that there is a storm coming and it's going to hit her house soon. She runs back to the house following this yellow brick path, kind of like a reference to the Wizard of Oz. When she returns, she finds her dad passed out on the couch with a bottle of alcohol in his hand. She tries waking him up but when he doesn't budge, she goes down into the underground basement in the house and takes shelter. "Some people call it takin' shelter, she called it sweet revenge." is what the song says about her going into the basement. She waits out the storm, showing the house above her falling down. After the storm is over, it is sunny outside, and the whole scene outside has changed, and the grass is greener and everything is brighter, and there are no more things for her to worry about, and the video ends with her walking away into the sun. 

          One of my favorite lines in this song is "There's not enough rain in Oklahoma to wash the sins out of that house, There's not enough wind in Oklahoma to rip the nails out of the past". The meaning behind this is that she wants the storm to destroy everything that has been negative in her life, and I think it's a pretty strong message in the song, and I also think it's a pretty unique verse in the song. This song has a lot of meaning behind it, and I like that a lot, because it's not some song that is really simple and all it has going for it is that it is catchy. This song can get stuck in your head, and also teach you a meaning behind it, which I really like. The music video portrays the story in this song almost perfectly, and it was kind of like what I pictured the story to be when I first heard this song. I really like that her music videos have stories that fit the song, because I am a sucker for watching music videos with meaning and a good story. I don't know what it is about them, but it the music video has no relevance or no meaning and story line, then I will most likely stop watching it within the first few seconds. The song "Blown Away" is probably one of my favorite songs right now, and I think it's a really addictive song to listen to, because I have had it on repeat throughout the summer up until now, and I'm still not even close to being tired of it. :)

"Blown Away" Music Video:

"Blown Away" Lyrics:

Dry lightning cracks across the skiesThose storm clouds gather in her eyesHer daddy was a mean old misterMomma was an angel in the groundThe weather man called for a twisterShe prayed blow it down
There's not enough rain in Oklahoma To wash the sins out of that houseThere's not enough wind in OklahomaTo rip the nails out of the past
Shatter every window 'til it's all blown awayEvery brick, every board, every slammin' door Blown away, til there's nothin' left standin'Nothin' left of yesterdayEvery tear soaked whiskey memory blown awayBlown away, Blown away
She heard those sirens screamin' outher daddy laid there passed out on the couchShe locked herself in the cellarListen to the screamin' of the windSome people call it takin' shelterShe called it sweet revenge
Shatter every window til it's all blown awayEvery brick, every board, every slammin' doorBlown away, til there's nothin' left standin'Nothin' left of yesterday Every tear soaked whiskey memory blown awayBlown away
There's not enough rain in Oklahoma to wash the sins out of that houseThere's not enough wind in Oklahoma to rip the nails out of the past
Shatter every window til it's all blown awayEvery brick, every board, every slammin' doorBlown away, til there's nothin' left standin'Nothin' left of yesterday Every tear soaked whiskey memory blown awayBlown away, blown away, blown away, blown away

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