on and on and on by wilco

you can download the song here.

the lyrics here:

On and on and on we’ll stay together yet
On and on and on we’ll be together yet
You and I will try to stay together yet
On and on and on we’ll be together yet

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

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

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

On and on and on we’ll stay together yet
On and on and on
On and on and on

You and I will stay together yet
You and I will try to make it better yet

Simple methods to be kinder to the environment:

> Take the bus or ride a bike to work, (imagine one less car, 200+ days per year- that's 2,000 less miles or more!)
> Buy less stuff you don't need (less waste)
> Reuse plastic bags
> Think DIY and creatively
> Volunteer cleanup @ local trails
> leave-no-trace ethics while outdoors

shakira with a mystery baby stuck in a tree

So, I'm doing some h.w. on the pc when I decide to play some "Hips Don't Lie" on iTunes and I notice the album cover for Oral Fixation, v2.
Looks very Shakira typical...

but what the heck?!? What is the symbolism intended with this random baby?!?! Here's on of the lamest album covers, all smashed by inserting a cute baby perched on a tree, and reaching for the apple (s?) The more I look at it, it seems more like this child is perched in a bird's nest. Where are the legs? Maybe the baby is lying on the tree on its belly and it's just trying to balance. ????


Here's how it could have played out:

Producer: Shakira, we just finished wrapping up the album. Check out this awesome cover our designer whipped up last night.

Shakira: No. I just no se. It looks very good, very hot. But something important is missing. Something that expresses my soul. I want my inner child to be represented on this cover.

Producer: I don't think I was trying to go that direction when I wrote the songs.

Shakira: Shut up. I'm Shakira! I want 7 adorable cute babies from all around the world holding me up, like I am the inner child of the world.

Producer: ... wtf... I'll see what I can do.

Shakira: Good.

months later...

shakira calls her producer....

Shakira: #%$#!! You only put one baby in the album! and it's non even a part of me. It's like the baby that's reaching for my soul. It's like Satan in a tree. Or something diablo.

Producer: Look Shakira. Your album is selling like crazy. Nobody hardly notices the baby. I had it photoshopped in last minute. Don't worry. According to our statistics, that baby is indirectly puporting mind control, causing an increase in album purchases by mothers and women over 75.

Shakira: Whatever, I better see a hundred babies in the next single release. Or pandas. Those are really cute too. Remember my hips don't lie! And that's a threat.

Click.