American Eulogy lyrics

Sing us the song of the century

That sings like American eulogy

The dawn of my love and conspiracy

Forgotten hope and the class of 13

Tell me a story into that good night

Sing us a song for me

Hysteria

Mass hysteria

Mass hysteria

Mass hysteria

Red alert is the color of panic

Elevated to the point of static

Beating into the hearts of the fanatics

And the neighborhood's a loaded gun

Idle thoughts lead to full-throttle screaming

And the welfare's asphyxiating

Mass confusion is all the new rage

And it's creating a feeding ground

For the bottom feeders of hysteria

Mass hysteria

Mass hysteria

Mass hysteria

True sounds of maniacal laughter

And the deaf-mute's misleading the choir

The punch line is a natural disaster

And it's sung by the unemployed

Fight fire with a riot

The class war is hanging on a wire

Because the martyr is a compulsive liar, when he said

"It's just a bunch of niggers throwing gas into the hysteria"

Mass hysteria

Mass hysteria

Mass hysteria

There's a disturbance on the oceanside

They tapped into the reserve

The static response is so unclear now

Mayday, this is not a test!

As the neighborhood burns

America is falling

Vigilantes warning you

Calling Christian and Gloria!

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

Well, I'm the Class of 13 in the era of dissent

A hostage of the soul on a strike to pay the rent

The last of the rebels without a common ground

I'm gonna light a fire into the underground

Well, I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I am a nation without bureaucratic ties

Deny the allegation as it's written

Fuckin' lies!

Well, I wanna take a ride to the Great Divide

Beyond the "up-to-date" and the neo-gentrified

The high definition for the low resident

Where the value of your mind is not held in contempt

I can hear the sound of a beating heart

That bleeds beyond a system that is falling apart

With money to burn on a minimum wage

Well, I don't give a shit about the modern age

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

I don't wanna live in the modern world

Mass hysteria

(I don't wanna live in the modern world)

Mass hysteria

(I don't wanna live in the modern world)

Mass hysteria

(I don't wanna live in the modern world)

Mass hysteria

(I don't wanna live in the modern world)

• Artist:Green Day
• Album:21st Century Breakdown (2009)