It was released on August 12, 2003,[1] as the second single from the band's third studio album War All the Time.
Vocalist Geoff Rickly wrote the song about "trying to find [his] own sexual identity" and being uncomfortable with masculinity.
[3] During an interview at 2004's Warped Tour, Rickly explained that the song was "about a lot of gender-related things, but especially sort of trying to come to terms with sexuality as not being a terrible thing, and trying to find my own sexual identity...
[4] In an interview with New Jersey–based rock publication The Aquarian, Rickly also said about the song, "I think that love and sexuality should be together as something really sacred and special.
I really like the idea of a song about the exploitation of sexuality being on major media outlets like radio and television.