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Goin' On Lyrics

We hold our breath until the morning comes
And at last the sun shines through
But the night's so hard that it seems impossible
But what else can we do?

Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)

Listen, you'll hear it
We're getting near it
It's coming, I can feel it
Because I know you're going away

Listen, you'll hear it
We're getting near it
I know I really fear it
But we pretend it's just another day

Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)

We tell ourselves it's all just normal
Until the worst of it is gone
And then you give up, and you give out, and you just can't take it
How do we keep goin' on?

Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)

Listen, you'll hear it (goin' away)
We're getting near it (goin' away)
It's coming, I can feel it (goin' away)
Because I know you're going away

Listen, you'll hear it (another day)
We're getting near it (another day)
I know I really fear it (another day)
But I pretend it's just another day

Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Goin' on
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Goin' on

We're goin' on
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Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

It's about how everyone fears the end is coming and yet somehow the world keeps turning.

Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

Yeah, pretty much. Great song, one of my favorites from the new album.

Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

we are not "ending" as a person, or as a being, but we are "goin on". death is just a doorway, but deep down, all of us, Wayne, we are afraid of it, but it's ok, right?

Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

I love it too. This and Pompe am Gotterdammerung make the end the best part.

Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

I think it's about creating a routine with our life. we live the same way everyday even though we don't want to. We fear it but what else can we do? we just keep goin on...

great song, one of the best in the album

Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

this is a beautiful song.

Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

to me this is a song about the end of all that worries and hinders us. it's about hope. i think it's a song about humanitarian endurance. it's about listening to the still small voice inside of you.

Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

beautiful

Cover art for Goin' On lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

some sort of ode to life hope versus pain and grieving

one of the most beautiful song ever. nothing less :)