When the band says the song title doesn't mean anything, it may be more about saying the song title isn't expected to mean anything to the fan. I think all song titles come from somewhere, no matter how silly.
"Silverfuck" is one of the first song titles that bounced around nagging in my brain as a kid. It's profane, where the song's actual lyrics aren't. I thought for a long time it had something to do with the bug, silverfish. But probably not.
Recently I've come to believe it means the second-place lover. The ex who was so close to having it all. Not gold, but silver. Not the lifelong lover, just a fuck.
The song vacillates between empathy ("I feel your pain"), nostalgia ('she was my lover so sweet"), daydreamed vengeance ("bang bang, you're dead"), bitter resentment and mocking empathy (returning to "I hear what you want") which all seems to be the emotional path of second place ex.
When the band says the song title doesn't mean anything, it may be more about saying the song title isn't expected to mean anything to the fan. I think all song titles come from somewhere, no matter how silly.
"Silverfuck" is one of the first song titles that bounced around nagging in my brain as a kid. It's profane, where the song's actual lyrics aren't. I thought for a long time it had something to do with the bug, silverfish. But probably not.
Recently I've come to believe it means the second-place lover. The ex who was so close to having it all. Not gold, but silver. Not the lifelong lover, just a fuck.
The song vacillates between empathy ("I feel your pain"), nostalgia ('she was my lover so sweet"), daydreamed vengeance ("bang bang, you're dead"), bitter resentment and mocking empathy (returning to "I hear what you want") which all seems to be the emotional path of second place ex.