Like what Emarthepaladin said, it's a cynical commentary on the world. Pete Wentz said somewhere that it's about all that's going on in the world (police brutality, media prevalence, paparazzi, and people not caring about real issues).
"Because they took our love and they filled it up
Filled it up with novocaine and now I'm just numb"
Taking the "love" (the heart, the soul, the emotion that's in actions and what makes us good) and oppressing it/removing it to the point of being numb suggests that, once there's no more soul, nothing more than the actions themselves, we are numbed to things around us.
Like what Emarthepaladin said, it's a cynical commentary on the world. Pete Wentz said somewhere that it's about all that's going on in the world (police brutality, media prevalence, paparazzi, and people not caring about real issues).
"Because they took our love and they filled it up Filled it up with novocaine and now I'm just numb"
Taking the "love" (the heart, the soul, the emotion that's in actions and what makes us good) and oppressing it/removing it to the point of being numb suggests that, once there's no more soul, nothing more than the actions themselves, we are numbed to things around us.