In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Clap your hands everybody
Clap your hands
Come on, keep it going
Clap your hands everybody
Clap your hands everybody
Clap your hand
Lets do it, you ready?
Come on
We could fight like Ike and Tina
Or give back like bill and Camille
Be rich like Oprah and Steadman
Or instead struggle like Flo and James Evans
'cause he ain't no different from you
And she ain't no different from me
So we got to live our dreams
Like the people on TV
We gotta stay tuned
'cause there's more to see (unbreakable)
Through the technical difficulties (unbreakable)
We might have to take a break
But y'all know we'll be back next week
I'm singing this love is unbreakable
Oh yeah yeah
Yeah, clap your hands everybody
Clap your hands everybody
Lets do it like this, come on
See, we could act out like will and jada (Will and Jada)
Or like kimora and Russell makin' paper, oh yeah
All in the family like the Jackson's (like the Jackson's)
And have enough kids to make a band like Joe and Catherine, yeah
She ain't no different from me
And he ain't no different from you
So we got to live our dreams
Like the people on TV
We gotta stay tuned
'cause there's more to see (unbreakable)
Through the technical difficulties (unbreakable)
We might have to take a break
But y'all know we'll be back next week
I'm singing this love is unbreakable
We're living our dreams, yeah,
We're living our dreams
We're living our dreams
We're living our dreams
(Ooh)
We're living our dreams(we're living our dreams)
We're living our dreams(we're living our dreams)
We're living our dreams
(Ooh ooh yeah yeah)
And we got to stay tuned
'cause there's more to see (unbreakable)
Through the technical difficulties (unbreakable)
We might have to take a break
But y'all know we'll be back next week
I'm singing this love is unbreakable
Sing it one more time now
Y'all know we'll be breaking up
But we just might be back next week
This love is unbreakable (ha,ha,ha,yeah,yeah)
Break it down, break it down like this
Yeah
No thing, no money, no sin, no temptation,talking 'bout nothing
No thing, no money, no sin, no temptation,talking 'bout nothing
No thing, no money, no sin, no temptation,talking 'bout nothing
No thing, no money, no sin, no temptation,talking 'bout nothing
Yeah
(unbreakable)
Yeah, yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
(unbreakable)
We just might be breaking up
But y'all know we'll be back next week
I'm singing this love is unbreakable
Clap your hands
Come on, keep it going
Clap your hands everybody
Clap your hands everybody
Clap your hand
Lets do it, you ready?
Come on
We could fight like Ike and Tina
Or give back like bill and Camille
Be rich like Oprah and Steadman
Or instead struggle like Flo and James Evans
'cause he ain't no different from you
And she ain't no different from me
So we got to live our dreams
Like the people on TV
We gotta stay tuned
'cause there's more to see (unbreakable)
Through the technical difficulties (unbreakable)
We might have to take a break
But y'all know we'll be back next week
I'm singing this love is unbreakable
Oh yeah yeah
Yeah, clap your hands everybody
Clap your hands everybody
Lets do it like this, come on
See, we could act out like will and jada (Will and Jada)
Or like kimora and Russell makin' paper, oh yeah
All in the family like the Jackson's (like the Jackson's)
And have enough kids to make a band like Joe and Catherine, yeah
She ain't no different from me
And he ain't no different from you
So we got to live our dreams
Like the people on TV
We gotta stay tuned
'cause there's more to see (unbreakable)
Through the technical difficulties (unbreakable)
We might have to take a break
But y'all know we'll be back next week
I'm singing this love is unbreakable
We're living our dreams, yeah,
We're living our dreams
We're living our dreams
We're living our dreams
(Ooh)
We're living our dreams(we're living our dreams)
We're living our dreams(we're living our dreams)
We're living our dreams
(Ooh ooh yeah yeah)
And we got to stay tuned
'cause there's more to see (unbreakable)
Through the technical difficulties (unbreakable)
We might have to take a break
But y'all know we'll be back next week
I'm singing this love is unbreakable
Sing it one more time now
Y'all know we'll be breaking up
But we just might be back next week
This love is unbreakable (ha,ha,ha,yeah,yeah)
Break it down, break it down like this
Yeah
No thing, no money, no sin, no temptation,talking 'bout nothing
No thing, no money, no sin, no temptation,talking 'bout nothing
No thing, no money, no sin, no temptation,talking 'bout nothing
No thing, no money, no sin, no temptation,talking 'bout nothing
Yeah
(unbreakable)
Yeah, yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
(unbreakable)
We just might be breaking up
But y'all know we'll be back next week
I'm singing this love is unbreakable
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