Lyric discussion by rubbergekko 

Cover art for Your Rocky Spine lyrics by Great Lake Swimmers

It is about two things at the same time. Obviously it is about making love to a women or at least could be interpreted that way.

The other meaning is about ice climbing a frozen waterfall sprung from a spring in the rock landscape at night or in darkly cloudy conditions. The beautiful ice its innocence, the claws of the ice ax ripping into the soft ice, being told to be careful by others in his ice climbing, the blowing wind out in the elements, up in the mountains in are area carved by glaciers, with rock-the body- all around, in an area with lakes.

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