Overly enthused, easily confused.
Do you really even have to ask,
Why you feel so, why you feel so used?
Common obligations, common complications.
She said to me in the dark,
That it was just like suicide
And that you really don't want to die
But you've said it so many times.
Like a musical trend, you see it as a phase.
Predictable film with a forgettable end.

Why does boy meet girl leave me feeling ripped off?
The love police have been tipped off.
Following a trail of denial they've all got my file,
Saying worrying for the knockoff, guilt for the clean up
You say keep your chin up.

Here we are in the open air.
The glow of our godless season,
we're fighting for no reason, we both want the same things.
And it's just like suicide,
I really don't want to die,
But we've been through this so many times.
It's just like suicide,
I really don't want to die,
But the choice ain't mine.



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Track duration: 03:05


Blue Period song meanings
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    General Comment:"I had this place on 39th in Portland. It was one of the only times in my life that I've had my own place. I had a roommate but he was in Boston for a month and I really took advantage of it. I recorded a bunch of shit in the living room. I slept in the living room on a fold-out bed instead of in my room. I was living on bong rips and whiskey.
    People were over all the time. Hush Records had a Christmas party there. It was right after Kenna broke up with me and I had just started dating Corrina Repp. I was playing drums in her band. We played music together and we had real connections. But at that point, I had no ability to keep a relationship together. I really liked her but I had just been through the wringer with Kenna. I wasn’t prepared for it.
    We’re still really good friends. When she got married, I wrote “On The Subject Of Her New Gold Star.” She got a gold star tattooed on her back for her husband, Matt.
    But yeah, “Blue Period” is about me, a stuffed monkey, a bottle of whiskey, and Corrina."
    Flag charcoalsketchon July 24, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:if anyone has heard the tour EP version, would you agree that its even more powerful than the LP version? i definitly think so. a little more raw and its slowed down just a tad.
    Flag doctor_doctoron April 08, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:it's funny how the song "love police" by cheap trick doesn't seem to exist.
    Flag uglyxcasanovaon November 02, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:ben is such a good writer because what he writes is so relatable for us. its not something that just he goes through
    Flag Are_You_In?on May 10, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:"and its just like suicide. i really dont wanna die, but the choice aint mine"..God i feel like that every day..this song fits my life
    Flag Arienetteon April 25, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:First song i ever heard from KOLS. Still my favorite
    Flag Are_You_In?on April 16, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:"Predictable film with a forgettable end" - this is in reference to any and all Ben Afleck Films. KOLS went to school with been in the mid 80's but kinda lost touch. This one liner is just one more slam below the belt.
    "Why does boy meet girl leave me feeling ripped off?" - this is a reference to Ben Afleck leaving KOLS without a real goodbye. He was originally writing with about Ben but changed it to "girl" to make it sound less of a homosexual sorta song. Which brings up another point. KOLS's homophobia. This homophobia is obviously referred to in the line: "You say keep your chin up" which was a line in the sexually charged 60's movie The Trip.
    Flag u2canhaveapartneron September 28, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:This song was actually a cover done of a Cheap Trick B-side originally called Love Police, although the song was never popular considering Cheap trick set it to the same tune of their hit Dream Police
    Flag MrBigThoughton September 28, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:suicide is bad
    Flag riskon September 26, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:this is such a great song. The first time I heard it, I just fell in love with it. I highly recommend it. And the guitar...woah, awesomeness
    Flag melancholic_punkon August 07, 2002   Link

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