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.
Little Miss Congeniality
She's living in her own reality
Her whole life is such a fallacy
But still I let her make a fool of me
Met her in a billiard [ooh-ooh]
She say boy can I see you soon [sooon]
If you was me man what would you [doo]
I didn't know she wouldn't be true [true]
Well that night we a make a date [we make a date]
To meet around seven o'clock or eight
I said young girl let me set you straight
I'll shoot you if you're with another mate
And she sang, what could you mean
You are the only one for me
I'm not one to lie
I don't like to deceive
Little Miss Congeniality
She's living in her own reality
Her whole life is such a fallacy
But still I let her make a fool of me
I was the apple of her eye
I say why not give her a try
I knew that she was true
Until I found the other man's tie
Little girl just tell the truth [just tell the truth]
This one go with none of my suits
Where's that man, he'll eat my boots, she wouldn't answer
So I began to shoot, and I sang
Little Miss Congeniality
She lied to much now she dead and burried
No one can make a fool out of me
I live to speak about it, you see
Little Miss Congeniality
She's living in her own reality
Her whold life is such a fallacy
But still I let her make a fool of
She's living in her own reality
Her whole life is such a fallacy
But still I let her make a fool of me
Met her in a billiard [ooh-ooh]
She say boy can I see you soon [sooon]
If you was me man what would you [doo]
I didn't know she wouldn't be true [true]
Well that night we a make a date [we make a date]
To meet around seven o'clock or eight
I said young girl let me set you straight
I'll shoot you if you're with another mate
And she sang, what could you mean
You are the only one for me
I'm not one to lie
I don't like to deceive
Little Miss Congeniality
She's living in her own reality
Her whole life is such a fallacy
But still I let her make a fool of me
I was the apple of her eye
I say why not give her a try
I knew that she was true
Until I found the other man's tie
Little girl just tell the truth [just tell the truth]
This one go with none of my suits
Where's that man, he'll eat my boots, she wouldn't answer
So I began to shoot, and I sang
Little Miss Congeniality
She lied to much now she dead and burried
No one can make a fool out of me
I live to speak about it, you see
Little Miss Congeniality
She's living in her own reality
Her whold life is such a fallacy
But still I let her make a fool of
Lyrics submitted by marcelinho
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