On and On and On Lyrics
On and on and on, we'll stay together, yeah
On and on and on, we'll be together, yeah
You and I will try to stay together, yeah
On and on and on, we'll be together, yeah
[Chorus]
Please don't cry, we're designed to die
Don't deny what's inside
On and on and on, we'll stay together, yeah
On and on and on
On and on and on
[Verse 2]
One day we'll disappear together in a dream
However short or long our lives are going to be
I will live in you or you will live in me
Until we disappear together in a dream
[Chorus 2]
Please don't cry, we're designed to die
You can't deny even the gentlest tide
On and on and on, we'll be together, yeah
On and on and on
On and on and on
We're going to try
Please don't cry
This world of words and meanings makes you feel outside
Something that you feel already deep inside
You've denied
Go ahead and cry
[Outro]
On and on and on, we'll stay together, yeah
On and on and on
On and on and on
You and I will stay together, yeah
You and I will try to make it better, yeah
About
Jeff Tweedy explained the meaning and origin of this song in a 2016 interview with Red Ee Chicago:
The song on Sky Blue Sky that I think means the most to me is a song that never really gets that much attention and it’s “On and On and On.” I wrote it for my dad because my mom died during the making of that record. It was my attempt to write something that was comforting to my dad about losing my mom.
Q&A
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In his memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), Jeff Tweedy explains that he wrote this song for his father after his mom died in 2006:
“On and On and On” in particular was written for my dad in an effort to console him with some thoughts I wasn’t entirely sure I believed but found comforting nonetheless. Do we find each other in some other realm to spend eternity, as promised, in love? My dad thought so.
- 1.Either Way
- 4.Sky Blue Sky
- 6.Shake It Off
- 8.Hate It Here
- 10.Walken
- 11.What Light
- 12.On and On and On
