This song is simply about the exhilarating experience of shredding a guitar! The band stated on Triple J:
The steadier tempo does give you space to appreciate a good shred, and that is literally all the song is about. Hey, nothing wrong with keeping it simple.
Yeah
Listen to metal
You let your hair
Whip 'round in circles
I have something simple
To make you feel good
Dead
I found a purpose
I got something to teach you
I got a skull
Sits on the mantle
Crawl up from Hell
Talk to the devil
It's something simple
To make you feel good
Dead
I've got another
I got something to show you
And I don't care it's summertime
Shred the grip from my guitar
Bleed the riff from my lungs
Take a shot
Forget the chaser
Let's turn it out
Until we're wasted
It's more than simple
To make you feel good
Damn
Blow the speakers
I got somewhere to take you
And I don't care it's summertime
Shred the grip from my guitar
Bleed the riff from my lungs
Demons
Dear god
Make you want to turn your cross
The pain subsides
Pain of black and burning hot
Demands
I got
You held your hand so high
I want to show you something
I want to
Feel so heavy
I feel heavy
I feel heavy
I feel heavy
I feel heavy
I feel heavy
And I don't want to be, girl
Something more
We don't wanna be, girl
Something more
We don't wanna become something boring
And I don't care it's summertime
Shred the grit from my guitar
Bleed the riff from my blood
Shred for Summer was written by Shane Parsons & Simon Ridley.
Shred for Summer was produced by Burke Reid.
DZ Deathrays released Shred for Summer on Thu Aug 03 2017.