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.
Shooting up junk in the bathroom
Makin' it with punks on the floor
Livin' the scene out of her limousine
Little Miss S. in a mini dress
Living it up to die
In a blink of the public eye
Day-glo point on an electric chair
Electric dye in her lovers hair
A pretty sight in the middle of the night
Made up for everyone to see
Swinging on the branch of a broken family tree
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without life
The village idiots in her bed
Never cared that her eyes were red
Never cared that her brain was dead
In the hours that her face was alive
It was the thing just to be by her side
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without life
Hey, alright
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without life
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without life
Makin' it with punks on the floor
Livin' the scene out of her limousine
Little Miss S. in a mini dress
Living it up to die
In a blink of the public eye
Day-glo point on an electric chair
Electric dye in her lovers hair
A pretty sight in the middle of the night
Made up for everyone to see
Swinging on the branch of a broken family tree
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without life
The village idiots in her bed
Never cared that her eyes were red
Never cared that her brain was dead
In the hours that her face was alive
It was the thing just to be by her side
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without life
Hey, alright
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without life
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without
You got a lot of living to do without life
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Little Miss S. Lyrics as written by Edie Arlisa Brickell Brandon Aly
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It's all about perspective, I suppose. You see, I'm one of the millions across the country that suffer from the Disease of Addiction. Like many others, I have chronic pain and was started on prescribed pain medicine. Even taking it appropriately as prescribed, everyone begins to build a tolerance to it, which means that more and/or higher doses are needed to achieve the same pain control. For me, that eventually led to my body being addicted to it and thus having to seek out more and more, eventually turning to sniffing heroin.
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So, getting back to the lyrics and meaning of this song saddens me, as it speaks of someone in the throes of Addiction. I purposely capitalize the word addiction because it is something that demands respect if it is to be overcome, I believe. It demands respect in that no matter how many days, weeks, years, or even decades someone in Recovery has been clean, it's a daily struggle to not fall back into that lifestyle as our Disease is patient, cunning, and baffling... always wanting us to fail no matter what. These are not just abstract thoughts or ideas, but real and present in everyone with an Addiction be it drugs, one of which IS alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, overeating, etc, etc, etc.
For the person(s) that this song speaks of I can offer only 2 things: my prayers and the fact that their active Disease of Addiction can be stopped with help from the Narcotics Anonymous (NA) program (na.org) and a willingness for them to choose today to not pick another drug or drink.
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