Cool Blue Reason Lyrics

Lyric discussion by p8blr 

Cover art for Cool Blue Reason lyrics by Cake

Reading the news in the morning and reading about deaths around the world and feeling nothing; the news is ‘blue’ but his mood is ‘cool’. With today’s tech he hears about murder in the news all the time, so “two more dead in Texas” and “one more dead in Kansas” is nothing out of the ordinary. Who knows? It could be his wife or his daughters, but it’s probably not. “The minutes change like seasons.” It seems emotion for how boring his job is more powerful than the tragedy he's reading about.

My Interpretation

Also, "Your colleagues are in prison and your enemies in reign." He know's people that are in jail, the people in charge of the government don't have his interests in mind. But none of this is really his problem. It's a douchy way to think, but honestly, how many people are concerned enough about these issues we hear in the media to actually do something about it? Few. To many, they are content with their simple, uneventful lives. Ugh work is boring, all I want to do is go home and watch Two and a Half Men. 1st world problems......