According to their reddit ama, the song is about “Being so stuck mentally between two things that you can’t move towards either. And then you’re trapped. In a cave. And you have to saw your leg off to get out. You know? No abuse on this one.”
[Verse 1]
Show me mine
I'll show you yours
I'm discoverin'
Everybody's got bed sores
Bad or betterin'
Clean the skin or scratch it off
There's no salvagin'
That skin suffering from the rot
In a cave with shallow babes
Acting shallower
Got so sick of moons and waves
Want something muddier
Legs tight squeezed around the knees
Guess I'm going nowhere
Why you wanna pull me out?
[Chorus]
Hack up my thighs
You'll never drag me out alive
Stuck between a rock and another rock that's bigger
And though you look nice I'm staying trapped in this vice
Staring up at the mouth of the cave
[Verse 2]
Was this not the favorite place of other pioneers?
Crazy is as crazy says
I'm not crazy here
For you, or am I just bored?
Staring into an unknown dark
Crazy is, now crazy talks
[Chorus]
You look nice, but I'm gonna take my own advice
Staring up at the mouth of the cave
Silver Spring was written by Sadie Dupuis.
Silver Spring was produced by James Ryskalchick & Dan Angel.
Speedy Ortiz released Silver Spring on Tue Jun 05 2012.