Sadie explained the song:
I wrote this about how when things in your life get weird […] you don’t have to be nice. Catch the flies with vinegar, stop smiling to make other people feel more at ease, be frank when confronted with bullshit, even if it makes other people think you’re totally evil.
The year of the weird
Bookended by booty pics I never posted
I was kissing the grime
With a trigger finger in the sunrise
They told me a candle's lucky
If it never gets to light the darkness (never gets to light the darkness)
But I never wanna light the darkness
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm in league with the devil
You better buck me off
I'm in league with the devil
You better buck me off
I compete with the devil
He better stop me
Devil, you better stop me
Better find a way to top me
Wouldn't you mind
Acting as the centerfold in someone's longing?
I pitch 'em the bird
Then head down the corner store half hour to closing
Out on the avenue there's an innocent who says she knows you (How'd she ever get to know you)
Only I can know the real you
[Chorus]
I'm the devil
You better buck me off
I'm In league with the devil
You better buck me off
I compete with the devil
He better stop me
Devil, you better stop me
Better find a way to top me
Whatever happened to
What we used to, we used to do?
Whatever happened to
What we used to, we used to do?
Whatever happened to
What we used to, we used to do?
We used to, we used to do? We used to, we used to do?
Let's have a padded blanket for our most manic moments
Like vampires, they sucked me up
Could you buck me off?
Perishing in aftershock was never close enough
I'm complete with the devil
He better find a way to smart me
You better buck me off
You better buck me off
You better buck me off
Buck Me Off was written by Sadie Dupuis.
Speedy Ortiz released Buck Me Off on Fri Apr 27 2018.