Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
The last one born but the first one to run
My town was blinded by refinery sun
My generation is Zero
I never made it as a working cla** hero
21st Century Breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think i'm losing whats left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline
I was made of poison and blood
Condemnation is what i understood
From Mexico to the Berlin Wall
Homeland Security could k** us all
My generation is Zero
I never made it as a working cla** hero
21st Century Breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I'm losing whats left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline
We are the cries of the cla** of '13
Born in the era of Humility
We are the desperate in the decline
Raised by the ba*tards of 1969
My name is No-One your long lost son
Born on the 4th of July
Born in the barnyard of Heroes and Cons
They left me for dead or alive
There is a war that's inside my head
That questions the results and lies
I'm breaking my back 'till i'm better off dead
When enough ain't enough to survive
I am an agent, a worker, a pawn
My debt to the status quo
The scars on my hands are a means to an end
It's all that i have to show
I'm taking a loan on my sanity
For the redemption of my soul
Well I am exempt from this tragedy
And this 21st Century fall
I praise liberty
The freedom to obey
It's a song that strangles me
Well don't cross the line!
Oh, dream, American dream
I can't even sleep
From rainstorms till dawn
Oh, bleed, America, bleed
Believe what you read
From heroes and cons..