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.
For fifteen years been doing my thiang
Ooh, ooh, yea-e-yeah, yeah
A little girl from North Island
Thinking back when it all started
I always had big dreams
(Always had big dreams)
want to be a superstar
Said that I was touched by God
Now I can tell the world all about
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
My life, my heart, my story
The answer to the calling
Now the whole world can see
(They will know about me)
Shout it from the highest mountains
Into the valley lows
In each and everybody there is a Lil' Mo
They gotta know about me
They gotta feel the love
I gotta show 'em all from the biggest to the small
From the bottom of my heart
To the depths of my soul
How I made it through the fire
And came out pure as gold
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
I'm giving you, me
Everything of me
My whole story
I hope that you will see
The life I'm living
Why I'm giving
I give to you
Everything of Mo
I'm giving you, me
Everything of me
My full story
I hope that you will see
From the bottom of my heart
To the depths of my soul
I went through the fire
To come out pure as gold
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
Ooh, ooh, yea-e-yeah, yeah
A little girl from North Island
Thinking back when it all started
I always had big dreams
(Always had big dreams)
want to be a superstar
Said that I was touched by God
Now I can tell the world all about
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
My life, my heart, my story
The answer to the calling
Now the whole world can see
(They will know about me)
Shout it from the highest mountains
Into the valley lows
In each and everybody there is a Lil' Mo
They gotta know about me
They gotta feel the love
I gotta show 'em all from the biggest to the small
From the bottom of my heart
To the depths of my soul
How I made it through the fire
And came out pure as gold
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
I'm giving you, me
Everything of me
My whole story
I hope that you will see
The life I'm living
Why I'm giving
I give to you
Everything of Mo
I'm giving you, me
Everything of me
My full story
I hope that you will see
From the bottom of my heart
To the depths of my soul
I went through the fire
To come out pure as gold
My life, my heart
My story, my everything
To all of you is all of me
My story, my everything
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My Story Lyrics as written by Cynthia Loving
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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