The title of the song is in reference to the Joplin tornado, a destructive tornado that hit the city of Joplin, Missouri in 2011. The song samples lightning and thunder sound effects throughout, tying into this theme.
[Intro]
(Ah)
(Ah)
Oh, oh
[Verse 1]
You don't get to change your mind
You don't get to take your time
You don't get to watch my reaction and treat it all just like a game
Is it money, is it sex, or is it fame?
Baby, I don't know you
And I've never known a thing about you
I can't control you
But you're ripping up the world before you
[Bridge]
Never known a thing about you
(And I never owed you a goddamn thing)
('Cause you cut me up and they don't doubt you)
[Interlude]
Your heart is fucking wounded
[Synth Solo]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Despair)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Spoken Interlude]
It's clear that the odds are stacked against you
And the chances of success seem slim
So tell me, what are you going to do?
I'm going to win
[Breakdown]
(Heartsick)
(Wounded Heart)
[Verse 2]
I couldn't join you
So I think I might just have to destroy you (Suffer)
I'm in control, so you can't cut my face like I know you want to
I'm on the top of the world, where your words are untrue
The dirty things you wish you could undo
Mercy's what it takes to kill you