“P.K.” is the shorted form of the term “player kill,” where an online character of a game is killed by another player. The word “Offline,” however, implies the actual death of the player him or herself. But since Pinback frequently uses figurative language rather than literal, one could make the argument that the song is not about a player of an online game killing another player, but perhaps the killing of his online character and the killing of his obsession with online games and seeking something else in the real world without the use of a computer.

This could, theoretically, link up with the title of the album, Blue Screen Life, with an underlying theme of obsession with the internet and the seeking of a real life experience.