Hannah Joy finished high school in Maryland, US. She returned to Australia, her native country, afterwards.
She explained the song further:
When I was 17, I ended up moving with a family who was living there and I finished high school in Maryland. The song was actually more about where is home aft...
[Verse 1]
Drip drying, standing in the neighbour's garden
Trying to hide, can somebody bring me a jacket?
Still deciding if it's worse to let a stranger see me
Or my tribe, the ones who have to live with it
[Chorus]
If I stay, will I find
The space I'm assigned to live out my days?
If I go, will there be roads?
The freedom I need for infinity
[Verse 2]
So I'm in the garden on the night I plan to leave for Maryland
It started raining, that wasn't in my calculation
Memorising some verses 'cause I made a bargain
Moon rising, a question hanging in the stars
[Chorus]
If I stay, will I find
The space I'm assigned to live out my days?
If I go, will there be roads?
The freedom I need for infinity
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
If I stay, will I find
The space I'm assigned to live out my days?
If I go, will there be roads?
The freedom I need for infinity
Maryland was produced by Tim Fitz.
Middle Kids released Maryland on Fri May 04 2018.
Singer Hannah Joy describes the songwriting process in an interview with Chorus:
‘Maryland,’ […] was composed mostly on the guitar and I sung over it. Then we added some instrumentation such as a sliding guitar and brought it to kind an alt-country direction which is what we sought out to do. But o...