I think the meaning is pretty straightforward. I'm from a town like this where the people in the town don't really want anyone to get out and succeed, or just do something different. They want to stay in this town and do the same old thing, make the same old mistakes, and they resent people that leave and try to better themselves. I think that's what this song is about. It's hard to be friends with people that don't want to change and don't want you to change either.
My favorite part is: "But I'd feel better as a corpse / Than a boring barely-living thing"
He'd rather be dead than live this mundane, uninspired, rutty existence that his friends are living.
I think the meaning is pretty straightforward. I'm from a town like this where the people in the town don't really want anyone to get out and succeed, or just do something different. They want to stay in this town and do the same old thing, make the same old mistakes, and they resent people that leave and try to better themselves. I think that's what this song is about. It's hard to be friends with people that don't want to change and don't want you to change either.
My favorite part is: "But I'd feel better as a corpse / Than a boring barely-living thing"
He'd rather be dead than live this mundane, uninspired, rutty existence that his friends are living.