[ti:21st Century Breakdown] [ar:Green Day] [al:21st Century Breakdown] [00:01.12]Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown [00:07.89] [00:33.49] [00:42.55]Born into Nixon I was raised in hell [00:46.69]A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled [00:50.69]The last one born the first one to run [00:54.81]My town was blind from refinery sun [00:58.24] [00:59.25]My generation is zero [01:03.40]I never made it as a working class hero [01:07.21] [01:07.44]21st century breakdown [01:11.21]I once was lost but never was found [01:15.36]I think I'm losing what's left of my mind [01:19.16]To the 20th century deadline [01:29.03] [01:32.68]I was made of poison and blood [01:36.92]Combination is what I understood [01:40.87]Videogames to the tower's fall [01:44.99]Homeland security could kill us all [01:48.42] [01:49.21]My generation is zero [01:53.34]I never made it as a working class hero [01:57.31] [01:57.52]21st century breakdown [02:01.14]I once was lost but never was found [02:05.26]I think I'm losing what's left of my mind [02:09.12]To the 20th century deadline [02:34.45] [02:37.69]We are the cries of the class of '13 [02:40.82]Born in the year of humility [02:43.91]We are the desperate in the decline [02:47.04]Raised by the bastards of 1969 [02:52.30] [03:01.46]My name is 'No one' [03:03.10]The long lost son [03:04.31]Born on the 4th of July [03:07.34]Raised in the barnyards of heroes and cons [03:10.20]That left me for dead or alive [03:12.75] [03:13.31]I am a nation [03:14.56]A worker of pride [03:16.16]My debt to the status quo [03:19.12]The scars on my hands [03:20.51]And a means to an end [03:22.03]It's all that I have to show [03:24.87] [03:36.91]I swallowed my pride [03:38.27]And I choked on my faith [03:39.79]I've given my heart and my soul [03:42.78]And lied through my teeth [03:44.16]The pillar of damage control [03:48.41] [03:48.80]I've been to the edge [03:50.12]And I've thrown the bouquet [03:51.73]Of flowers left over the grave [03:54.63]I sat in the waiting room [03:56.29]Wasting my time [03:57.56]And waiting for judgement day [04:00.48] [04:01.50]I praise liberty [04:03.76]The "Freedom to obey" [04:06.53]It's a song that strangles me, [04:09.33]Don't cross the line [04:35.45] [04:38.82]Oh, dream, American dream [04:44.78]I can't even sleep [04:48.57]From the light's early dawn [04:52.33] [04:54.22]Oh, bleed, America bleed [05:00.16]Believe what you read [05:03.97]From heroes and cons [05:08.10]