@dani109392 made a good point, I’d first like to note. Anyway…
I think that they are talking about those popular kids in their cliques “the social scene,” which is both fake and causing a lot of negative drama towards others, “the hate machine.” Then, they are talking about how they don’t actually matter nearly as much as they think they do, and that nobody really needs them. Another point to make is that Brent is singing in the perspective of the person who was bullied by the “hate machine,” which I think adds to the value of the song, because it seems like if there was a music video to go with this it’d be Brent standing up to someone or some group of people that were at some point jerks to him. Brent, please do.
Also, in an ironic twist of fate, the song can also be interpreted as Brent going after himself… Maybe he’s calling himself out for doing these things to someone else, or doubting himself. Maybe this is the doubting of himself?
Also, for my first possible point, he mentions that the "Nowhere kids ... wished you well," aka they wished good things upon whoever he is talking, and now they are "back and mad as hell" because this person being stood up to probably did something wrong to them or blatantly disregarded them.
@dani109392 made a good point, I’d first like to note. Anyway… I think that they are talking about those popular kids in their cliques “the social scene,” which is both fake and causing a lot of negative drama towards others, “the hate machine.” Then, they are talking about how they don’t actually matter nearly as much as they think they do, and that nobody really needs them. Another point to make is that Brent is singing in the perspective of the person who was bullied by the “hate machine,” which I think adds to the value of the song, because it seems like if there was a music video to go with this it’d be Brent standing up to someone or some group of people that were at some point jerks to him. Brent, please do.
Also, in an ironic twist of fate, the song can also be interpreted as Brent going after himself… Maybe he’s calling himself out for doing these things to someone else, or doubting himself. Maybe this is the doubting of himself?
Also, for my first possible point, he mentions that the "Nowhere kids ... wished you well," aka they wished good things upon whoever he is talking, and now they are "back and mad as hell" because this person being stood up to probably did something wrong to them or blatantly disregarded them.