Rise Against - Anywhere but Here Meaning

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Anywhere but Here Lyrics

We've been alright up until now,
But the air that we breathe is about to run out.
We've rehearsed our lines clear and loud,
But the cue never came and the lights,
They never went down.
So we're passing the time,
While time passes us.
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Nov 22nd 2011 !⃝
My interpretation of this song is the feeling you get when you're done with life and its mundane situations, and feeling the need to break free from conformity. Wanting to be anywhere but where you are then
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Nov 18th 2011 !⃝
Now this may be wrong but this is what i think:

1) its talking about the air we breathe and how its running out. this could be because of industrialization. Now a days people are trying to be cleaner in resourses and trying to stop the pollution but its not working.The people in industriazed areas just sit around with the lights on and waste time. they are moving on from this life and trying to get away from it all, however it keeps coming back to haunt them and will never leave...

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