Zero Visibility

alright so I think this has more of a holocaust ring to me

I’m saddling in here for the long haul Can’t hide forever is what they say In with the wind, out with a bang Meanwhile nothing has changed

he's either in the Warsaw ghetto awaiting transport to a "village" (meanwhile nothing has changed) or still hiding from the nazis (can't hide forever is what they say) he went running and wound up caught after the nazis shot out a couple of his freinds/family, who were all transported to either the ghetto or the concentration camp (in with the wind, out with a bang)

With each one slowly ordered A storm brews in her eyes A miss shot at the buzzard Time whether wasted or well spent is still time

We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest times But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together

now this is where I picked up on the holocaust vibe the war is finally over and they have been liberated (we stand at the end of the longest times) the line "We have been damned, we have survived" shows how they survived the holocaust itself, and all the death that occured "we came back to homes we don't recognize" they come back to their old homes only to find them destroyed or bought by someone else "but we return here all together" describes the people that survived with him

this is just my interpretation, the war veteran thing is sounding pretty good but I'm still sticking to my own

This is a bit of a Stretch, but I think it's about the LGBT Community. It's not the First Time, „September's Children“ was about the LGBT Community, in association with the „It Gets Better Project“. I think Tim's Putting himself in the POV of a Homosexual Person:

„Can’t hide forever is what they say In with the wind, out with a bang Meanwhile nothing has changed“ Can't Hide Forever = Gays are Constantly Bullied and Discriminated everywhere. Out with a Bang = Suicide (Many are led to Suicide from all the Bulling/Abuse). Nothing has Changed = There are still a lot of people who will go on without end on how they believe Homosexuality is Wrong.

„The moments of clarity here are short lived Bleed through the bandages again The wind is a lie, no longer white Black as a day without sun“ Moments... are short lived = Few People actually Stand up for Gays Bleed through the Bandages = Internal Suffering, Depression, possible Suicidal Thoughts. Black as a Day without Sun = Feeling of No Hope, there's a beautiful Sky up there, but you can't get to it because it'S blocked by Clouds or Something.

„Passed out in a gutter Woke up in your arms Nursed back into color The same touch that heals me Left the scar“ Passed out in a Gutter = Psychical Violence/Abuse. Woke up in Your Arms...Nursed me back into Colour = a Supporter of LGBT Equality is there for them The Same touch that heals me... LEFT THE SCAR! = (it should be in all caps 'cause it's Screamed) maybe someone the person Trusted, like a Parent of Friend who was there for them, until they found out they were Gay, then they turned against them.

„And the world works in ways that I never Have claimed to know We got out and fought through the weather But it followed The view from here isn't better But it’s all we know It’s all we know“ The World works in ways I have never Claimed to know = He can't believe why this is, why people just can't accept the LGBT Community. Love is Love, regardless of Gender Difference or Gender Similarity. We got out and Fought through the weather but it Followed = Either Fighting or Ignoring the Homophobes, but even after the Battle is over the Homophobes still repeatedly keep bashing them. The View from here isn't Better, but it's all we Know = Nothing seems to be Working, everywhere he goes, someone Speaks out against him.

[Chorus] „We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest times But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together / We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the edge of the borderlines But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived Who we become you won’t recognize But became them all together“ We are not Brave, we are not Wise = We [The LGBT's] are just ordary People, we're not Special, we're not Superhuman. We stand at the end of the longest times / We stand at the end of the Borderlines = Everytime their Picked on, it seems like it never ends, because it happens so often. We have been Damned, we have survived, we came back to Homes we don't Recognise = Homosexuals have been Discriminated, Hated, Abused, Beaten and even Killed, just for their Personality. But they still carry on, even if all didn't make it, some still Carry on. Who we Become you won't Recognise / we Return here all Together = This is Directed at the Homophobes, basically saying „If you don't like us because of who we are... then Fuck You! We're not Giving Up. We'll always Stand Together.“

Overall, I think it's a Great Song. I'm not 100% on this Interpretation, this is just my Educated Guess. I'm actually not even part of the LGBT Community Myself, I am a Straight Man, but I fucking Hate people who hate the LGBT Community. To me, it's just as offensive and Unacceptable as Racism, Sexism and Xenophobia. Or just Discrimination in General. I'm not Gay, but I wish I was just to Piss of Homophobes. And for any one out there Part of the LGBT Community, I'm with Tim (And probably the rest of Rise Against as well), I may not be a Part of you, but I'm willing to Walk with you until the End.

I think this song is actually about war veterans, most of this lyrics seem to match men going off to fight in the war of terror, and coming back to a home that isn't what they were fighting for. (I have also made changes to the lyrics to what I think they should be)

I’m saddling in here for the long haul Can’t hide forever is what they say In with the wind, out with a bang Meanwhile nothing has changed

[Saddling in for a long haul fly to deployment, can't hide forever is describing the insurgents, "In with the wind, out with a bang" could describe missiles, Nothing has changed despite all they've done]

With each word slowly uttered A storm brews in her eyes A miss shot at the buzzard Time whether wasted or well spent is still time

[Speaking to his girlfriend/life about what he's doing over there, with her getting angrier with each word she says, saying it doesn't matter if he's doing a good thing or not, he's still not at home]

We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest lines But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together

[Pretty self explanatory one you get into the mindset, soldiers coming back home, being damned for being over there, coming back to homes that aren't the same, all coming back home at the same time from deployment]

The moments of clarity here are short lived Bleed through the bandages again But when is a lie, no longer white But black as a day without sun

[Starting to question why they are out there, and each time it's explained it keeps them content for less, old wounds are starting to hurt, and wondering if they were lied to]

Passed out in a gutter Woke up in your arms Nursed back into color The same touch that heals me Left the scar

[Injured while on duty, woke up in the hospital, "The same touch that heals me Left the scar" it was government care that got him better, but its because of the government he got hurt in the first place.]

We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest times But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together

[Same again from above chorus]

And the world works in ways that I never Have claimed to know We got out and fought over the weather But it followed The view from here isn’t better But it’s all we know It’s all we know

[Beginning to understand that there was some bigger plan by higher up people and it wasn't about why they came over in the first place, people have been fighting over the credibility of climate change because of the fossil fuel consumption, and people aren't changing because they are afraid]

We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the edge of the borderlines But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived Who we become you won’t recognize But became them all together All together

[Waiting to check back into the country, still damned by their country, and no-one understands but the people who have been there]

alright so I think this has more of a holocaust ring to me

I’m saddling in here for the long haul Can’t hide forever is what they say In with the wind, out with a bang Meanwhile nothing has changed

he's either in the Warsaw ghetto awaiting transport to a "village" (meanwhile nothing has changed) or still hiding from the nazis (can't hide forever is what they say) he went running and wound up caught after the nazis shot out a couple of his freinds/family, who were all transported to either the ghetto or the concentration camp (in with the wind, out with a bang)

With each one slowly ordered A storm brews in her eyes A miss shot at the buzzard Time whether wasted or well spent is still time

We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest times But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together

now this is where I picked up on the holocaust vibe the war is finally over and they have been liberated (we stand at the end of the longest times) the line "We have been damned, we have survived" shows how they survived the holocaust itself, and all the death that occured "we came back to homes we don't recognize" they come back to their old homes only to find them destroyed or bought by someone else "but we return here all together" describes the people that survived with him

this is just my interpretation, the war veteran thing is sounding pretty good but I'm still sticking to my own

alright so I think this has more of a holocaust ring to me

I’m saddling in here for the long haul Can’t hide forever is what they say In with the wind, out with a bang Meanwhile nothing has changed

he's either in the Warsaw ghetto awaiting transport to a "village" (meanwhile nothing has changed) or still hiding from the nazis (can't hide forever is what they say) he went running and wound up caught after the nazis shot out a couple of his freinds/family, who were all transported to either the ghetto or the concentration camp (in with the wind, out with a bang)

With each one slowly ordered A storm brews in her eyes A miss shot at the buzzard Time whether wasted or well spent is still time

We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest times But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together

now this is where I picked up on the holocaust vibe the war is finally over and they have been liberated (we stand at the end of the longest times) the line "We have been damned, we have survived" shows how they survived the holocaust itself, and all the death that occured "we came back to homes we don't recognize" they come back to their old homes only to find them destroyed or bought by someone else "but we return here all together" describes the people that survived with him

this is just my interpretation, the war veteran thing is sounding pretty good but I'm still sticking to my own

sorry for posting so much of the same post, I accidentally spammed the add comment button and I don't think I can delete them

alright so I think this has more of a holocaust ring to me

I’m saddling in here for the long haul Can’t hide forever is what they say In with the wind, out with a bang Meanwhile nothing has changed

he's either in the Warsaw ghetto awaiting transport to a "village" (meanwhile nothing has changed) or still hiding from the nazis (can't hide forever is what they say) he went running and wound up caught after the nazis shot out a couple of his freinds/family, who were all transported to either the ghetto or the concentration camp (in with the wind, out with a bang)

With each one slowly ordered A storm brews in her eyes A miss shot at the buzzard Time whether wasted or well spent is still time

We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest times But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together

now this is where I picked up on the holocaust vibe the war is finally over and they have been liberated (we stand at the end of the longest times) the line "We have been damned, we have survived" shows how they survived the holocaust itself, and all the death that occured "we came back to homes we don't recognize" they come back to their old homes only to find them destroyed or bought by someone else "but we return here all together" describes the people that survived with him

this is just my interpretation, the war veteran thing is sounding pretty good but I'm still sticking to my own

alright so I think this has more of a holocaust ring to me

I’m saddling in here for the long haul Can’t hide forever is what they say In with the wind, out with a bang Meanwhile nothing has changed

he's either in the Warsaw ghetto awaiting transport to a "village" (meanwhile nothing has changed) or still hiding from the nazis (can't hide forever is what they say) he went running and wound up caught after the nazis shot out a couple of his freinds/family, who were all transported to either the ghetto or the concentration camp (in with the wind, out with a bang)

With each one slowly ordered A storm brews in her eyes A miss shot at the buzzard Time whether wasted or well spent is still time

We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest times But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together

now this is where I picked up on the holocaust vibe the war is finally over and they have been liberated (we stand at the end of the longest times) the line "We have been damned, we have survived" shows how they survived the holocaust itself, and all the death that occured "we came back to homes we don't recognize" they come back to their old homes only to find them destroyed or bought by someone else "but we return here all together" describes the people that survived with him

this is just my interpretation, the war veteran thing is sounding pretty good but I'm still sticking to my own