anonymous December 17th, 2005 12:32AM  
In Pink Triangle Rivers describes falling in love and daydreaming about a girl in one of his classes at Harvard. But when he finally finds the courage to talk to her, he discovers that she is a lesbian.

Pink Triangles are supposed to be a symbol of gay pride. Other connections the title have tied it to an image from WWII.

anonymous March 6th, 2007 11:22PM  
The above interpretation is wrong. This song is about a close girlfriend that cuomo had, and was deeply in love with, who then revealed to him that she was a lesbian. Check out Alan Cross' "The ongoing history of new Music"'s episode on rivers cuomo for more

anonymous April 30th, 2008 08:36AM  
This song is based on the opera Madame Butterfly, about a lonely young rock star nursing furtive crushes on lesbians.