Lyric discussion by sonicsea 

Cover art for One lyrics by Sunny Day Real Estate

I think this song is definitely about drugs. Wasting our lives (novicane)...novicane numbs you, like drugs. The pain would help you rise and overcome and become better or wiser, but "here we stay" because we dont even try to overcome, we just get high. Drug use is like "running from our lives" a clever game. "selling our time" is time wasted getting wasted, plus you could be making your life shorter. I dunno thats what i get out of it.