In an interview for Alternative Press magazine, Smokeasac recounts the story behind the creation of the song and the various modifications that were made posthumously.

He [Peep] worked on the original version of the track with producer Rob Cavallo (who also worked on “Benz Truck”), but after recording his part, Peep told, “All right, the song is sick, but I need you to reproduce the beat, it’s too boring for me.” That’s the first time in our relationship that I had ever heard him say that he wasn’t happy with the production, I always think that’s crazy ‘cause he had never said that to me ever, ever.

Peep was very specific about wanting “Fingers” to be more grungy with a punk inspired guitar melody that had beautiful sound. I really put a lot of work trying to make sure that it was something that he would have fucked with since he wasn’t too happy with the demo version.

Like most of songs, “Fingers” is about Peep’s life-long friend, first love and on-off-ex-girlfriend Emma Harris.
He met her at school in third grade when they were 8 years old.

At the memorial to celebrate his life, Emma made a speech and said:

By fifth grade, I was in love with him. We were so young. He was just so cool from the start. … High school came and we went back and forth breaking each others heart, we’d date for a month and hate each other for two, but he was always there, and he always reassured me how much he loved me. Even if he was pissed at me, even in the hardest times when I thought no-one was there, he was. … I was glued to him. I hated working, I didn’t wanna be away from him. Which was pretty strange because we did absolutely nothing but sit in his room everyday.