21st Century Breakdown
[00:42.44] Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell
[00:46.69] A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
[00:50.66] The last one born and the first one to run
[00:54.91] My town was blind from refinery sun
[00:58.90] My generation is zero
[01:03.41] I never made it as a working-class hero
[01:06.87] 21st Century Breakdown
[01:11.12] I once was lost but never was found
[01:15.28] I think I’m losing what’s left of my mind
[01:19.15] To the 20th century deadline
[01:32.34] I was made of poison and blood
[01:36.60] Condemnation is what I understood
[01:40.50] Video games of the towers fall
[01:44.75] Homeland security could kill us all
[01:48.89] My generation is zero
[01:53.04] I never made it as a working-class hero
[01:57.03] 21st Century Breakdown
[02:01.01] I once was lost but never was found
[02:05.26] I think I’m losing what’s left of my mind
[02:08.97] To the 20th century deadline
[02:37.32] We are the class of—the class of '13
[02:40.24] Born in the era of humility
[02:43.43] We are the desperate in the decline
[02:46.34] Raised by the bastards of 1969
[03:01.22] My name is No One, the long lost son
[03:03.87] Born on the 4th of July
[03:07.07] Raised in the era of heroes and cons
[03:09.98] That left me for dead or alive
[03:13.17] I am a nation, a worker of pride
[03:15.98] My debt to the status quo
[03:18.91] The scars on my hands and the means to an end
[03:21.94] Is all that I have to show
[03:36.61] I swallowed my pride and I choked on my faith
[03:39.52] I’ve given my heart and my soul
[03:42.71] I’ve broken my fingers and lied through my teeth
[03:45.36] The pillar of damage control
[03:48.56] I’ve been to the edge and I’ve thrown the bouquet
[03:51.48] Of flowers left over the grave
[03:54.40] I sat in the waiting room wasting my time
[03:57.33] And waiting for Judgement Day
[04:00.50] I praise liberty
[04:03.17] The «Freedom to obey»
[04:06.09] It’s the song that strangles me
[04:09.29] Well, don’t cross the line
[04:38.78] Oh, dream, America, dream
[04:44.51] I can’t even sleep
[04:48.49] From the light’s early dawn
[04:54.08] Oh, scream, America, scream
[04:59.83] Believe what you see
[05:03.55] From heroes and cons
