A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun Lyrics

Lyric discussion by manic4manics 

Cover art for A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

Could it be about TV and the vapid, comatose-like way people stare at it all day long, letting it turn your brain to mush, and how it is used to control people, eg: through propaganda and advertising? 'To consume boredom everyday' could possibly be a comment on advertisements offering more consumer goods people are told will dramatically improve their lives but don't, that just bring more boredom?