Álbum 21st Century Breakdown de Green Day - Canciones
21st Century Breakdown
2009 |
Sello | Reprise Records
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banda Garbage y por haber producido el álbum "Nevermind" de Nirvana (1991).
Los temas para el álbum comenzaron a tomar forma en 2006, tras una larga gira que ofrecieron en 2005 para promocionar su álbum "American Idiot". Durante todo 2006 y gran parte de 2007, Armstrong afirmó haber escrito cerca de 45 canciones nuevas. Hasta enero de 2008 no se encerrarían en los estudios de grabación para dar forma definitiva al que sería el nuevo álbum de Green Day.
"21st Century Breakdown" se conforma como una ópera rock, al estilo de su anterior álbum "American Idiot", publicado en 2004. El vocalista de Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, lo calificó como "una imagen del mundo en que vivimos, mientras tratamos de dar sentido a la manipulación egoísta que nos rodea". Se atreve con temas como la religión, el gobierno, los medios de comunicación o cualquier forma de autoridad.
Green Day obtuvo un rotundo éxito con este álbum, alcanzando el primer puesto en la lista estadounidense Billboard 200, al igual que en Reino Unido y en numerosos países. El álbum consiguió imponerse en la gala de los Grammy de 2010 en la categoría de Mejor Álbum de Rock. Los registros de ventas superan el millón de copias en Estados Unidos y los cuatro millones en todo el mundo.
Se lanzaron cinco sencillos de este álbum "21st Century Breakdown". El primero de ellos, "Know Your Enemy" (16 de abril de 2009), es una canción protesta con alto contenido político.
El vídeo fue dirigido por Matthew Cullen, estrenándose en la MTV el 24 de abril de 2009. En el mismo, la banda se presenta de noche en un escenario en un campo rodeado por una alambrada de púas. Las imágenes de la banda se ven entremezcladas también con tomas de cámaras de circuito cerrado de TV con visión nocturna que rodean el campo, así como de imágenes desde los helicópteros que patrullan el área con reflectores luminosos.
El segundo sencillo, "21 Guns", fue lanzado el 25 de mayo de 2009 y aborda el tema del patriotismo (21 es el número de salvas de cañón que se disparan en Estados Unidos en honor de los héroes caídos). Supone un himno contra la guerra que fue bien recibido por la crítica, alcanzando el puesto 55 en la lista Billboard Hot 100. También ha sido utilizada en el cine, como por ejemplo en la película "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".
El vídeo, dirigido por el realizador estadounidense Marc Webb, fue grabado en Los Ángeles. En el mismo podemos ver a una pareja que acaba de atracar un banco y es perseguida por la policía hasta un piso, donde les cae una lluvia de balas a través de las ventanas. Al final del vídeo, como suele ser habitual en los videoclips de Green Day, aparecen imágenes de destrucción.
"East Jesus Nowhere" es el tercer sencillo de "21st Century Breakdown". Se publicó el 19 de octubre de 2009 y el título hace referencia a una frase de la película de 2007 "Juno", una comedia con tintes dramáticos.
"East Jesus Nowhere", escrita por Billie Joe Armstrong, arremete contra los fundamentalismos religiosos. En el vídeo lanzado en septiembre de 2009, se muestran imágenes de conciertos en vivo de la banda.
"21st Century Breakdown", el tema que da título al álbum, se estrenó el 21 de diciembre de 2009 y está basada en la vida personal de su autor, el vocalista de la banda, Billie Joe Armstrong. El vídeo dirigido por Marc Webb y estrenado el 19 de octubre de 2009 en MTV, está realizado como si fuera una animación de estilo graffiti.
"Last of the American Girls" es el quinto y último sencillo del álbum "21st Century Breakdown". Lanzado el 22 de marzo de 2010, es una canción de amor sobre una chica con fuertes creencias y supuestamente fue escrita por Billie Joe haciendo referencia a su esposa, Adrienne. El vídeo intercala imágenes de la banda actuando en un desierto con escenas en las que aparece el personaje de Gloria (interpretado por Lisa Stelly), quien ya hacía acto de presencia en el vídeo de "21 Guns".
El octavo álbum de estudio de Green Day es este trabajo titulado "21st Century Breakdown", un álbum lanzado el 15 de mayo de 2009 bajo el sello Reprise Records y que contó con la colaboración del productor estadounidense Butch Vig, también conocido por haber sido coproductor y baterista de la Listado de canciones del álbum 21st Century Breakdown
- Song of the CenturyVer letra
[X]letra de Song of the Century
Sing us a song of the century
That's louder than bombs
And eternity
The era of static and contraband
That's leading us into the promised land
Tell us a story that's by candlelight
Waging a war and losing the fight
They're playing the song of the century
Of panic and promise and prosperity
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for me - 21st Century BreakdownVer letra
[X]letra de 21st Century Breakdown
Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
The last one born and the first one to run,
My town was blind from refinery sun
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working class hero
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline
I was made of poison and blood
Condemnation is what I understood
Video games of the Tower's fall
Homeland security could kill us all
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working class hero
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline
We are the class of the class of thirteen
Born in the era of humility
We are the desperate in the decline
Raised by the bastards of 1969
My name is no one, your long lost son
Born on the fourth of July
Raised in the era of heroes and cons
That left me for dead or alive
I am a nation, a worker of pride
My debt to the status quo
The scars on my hands there a means to an end
Is all that I have to show
I swallowed my pride and choked on my faith
I've given my heart and my soul
I've broken my fingers and I've lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control
I've been to the edge
And I've thrown the bouquet of flowers left over the grave
I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time
And waiting for Judgment Day
I praise liberty
The freedom to obey
Is the song that strangles me
Well don't cross the line
Oh, dream, America, dream
I can't even sleep
From the light's early dawn
Oh, scream, America, scream
Believe what you see
From heroes and cons - Know Your EnemyVer letra
[X]letra de Know Your Enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Violence is an energy
Against the enemy
Violence is an energy
Bringing on the fury
The choir infantry
Revolt against the honor to obey
Overthrow the effigy
The vast majority
While burning down the foreman of control
Silence is an enemy
Against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
The insurgency will rise
When the blood's been sacrificed
Don't be blinded by the lies
In your eyes
Violence is an energy
From here to eternity
Violence is an energy
Silence is an enemy
So gimme gimme revolution
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Overthrow the effigy
The vast majority
We're burning down the foreman of control
Silence is an enemy
Against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul - ¡Viva la Gloria!
- Before the LobotomyVer letra
[X]letra de Before the Lobotomy
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
Of another place and time
Where my family's from.
Singing
I can hear them singing.
When the rain had washed away
All these scattered dreams
Dying
Everyone's reminding
Hearts are washed in misery
Drenched in gasoline
Laughter
There is no more laughter
Songs of yesterday
Now live in the underground
Life before the lobotomy
Christian sang the eulogy
Sign my love a lost memory
From the end of the century
Well, it's enough to make you sick
To cast a stone and throw a brick
When the sky is falling down
It burned your dreams into the ground
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
We are normal and self-controlled
Remember to learn to forget
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
Well I'm not stoned
I'm just fucked up
I got so high I can't stand up
I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
I'm not in love 'cause I'm a mess
Like refugees
We're lost like refugees
Like refugees
We're lost like refugees
The brutality of reality
Is the freedom that keeps me from
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
Of another place and time
Where my family's from.
Singing
I can hear them singing.
When the rain had washed away
All these scattered dreams
Dying
Everyone's reminding
Hearts are washed in misery
Drenched in gasoline
Laughter
There is no more laughter
Songs of yesterday
Now live in the underground - Christian´s Inferno
- Last Night on EarthVer letra
[X]letra de Last Night on Earth
I text a postcard, sent to you
Did it go through?
Sending all my love to you
You are the moonlight of my life every night
Giving all my love to you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles 'til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
I'm sending all my love to you
With every breath that I am worth
Here on Earth
I'm sending all my love to you
So if you dare to second guess
You can rest assure
That all my love's for you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles 'til l found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
I'm sending all my love to you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles 'til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
Did I ever make it through - East Jesus NowhereVer letra
[X]letra de East Jesus Nowhere
Raise your hands now to testify
Your confession will be crucified
You're a sacrificial suicide
Like a dog that's been sodomized
Stand up! All the white boys
Sit down! And the black girls
You're the soldiers of the new world
Put your faith in a miracle
And it's non-denominational
Join the choir we will be singing
In the church of wishful thinking
A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
Oh bless me Lord for I have sinned
It's been a lifetime since I last confessed
I threw my crutches in "the river of a shadow of doubt"
And I'll be dressed up in my Sunday best
Say a prayer for the family
Drop a coin for humanity
Ain't this uniform so flattering?
I never asked you a god damned thing
A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
Don't test me
Second guess me
Protest me
You will disappear
I want to know who's allowed to breed
All the dogs who never learned to read
Missionary politicians
And the cops of a new religion
A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the inside
Yeah - PeacemakerVer letra
[X]letra de Peacemaker
Well, I've got a fever
A non-believer
I'm in a state of grace
For I am the seizer
I'm gonna seize the day
Well, call of the banshee, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
As God as my witness
The infidels are gonna pay
Well, call the assassin
The orgasm
A spasm of love and hate
For what will divide us?
The righteous and the meek
Well, call of the wild, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
Death to the girl at the end of the serenade
Vendetta, sweet vendetta
This Beretta of the night
This fire and the desire
Shots ringing out on a holy parasite
I am a killjoy from Detroit
I drink from a well of rage
I feed off the weakness with all my love
Call up at the captain, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
Death to the lover that you were dreaming of
This is a stand-off
A Molotov cocktail
On the house
You thought I was a write-off
You better think again
Call the peacemaker, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
I'm gonna send you back to the place where it all began
Vendetta, sweet vendetta
This Beretta of the night
This fire and the desire
Shots ringing out on a holy parasite
Well now the caretaker's the undertaker
Now I'm gonna go out and get the peacemaker
This is the Neo St. Valentine's massacre
Well call up the Gaza, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
Death to the ones at the end of the serenade
Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade - Last of the American GirlsVer letra
[X]letra de Last of the American Girls
She puts her makeup on
Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland
She's got her little book of conspiracies
Right in her hand
She is paranoid like
Endangered species headed into extinction
She is one of a kind
She's the last of the American girls
She wears her overcoat
For the coming of the nuclear winter
She is riding her bike
Like a fugitive of critical mass
She's on a hunger strike
For the ones who won't make it for dinner
She makes enough to survive
For a holiday of working class
She's a runaway of the establishment incorporated.
She won't cooperate
She's the last of the American girls
She plays her vinyl records
Singing songs on the eve of destruction
She's a sucker for
All the criminals breaking the laws
She will come in first
For the end of western civilization
She's an endless war
She's a hero for a lost cause
Like a hurricane
In the heart of the devastation
She's a natural disaster
She's the last of the American girls
She puts her makeup on
Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland
She's got her little book of conspiracies
Right in her hand
She will come in first
For the end of western civilization
She's a natural disaster
She's the last of the American girls - Murder CityVer letra
[X]letra de Murder City
Desperate
But not hopeless
I feel so useless
In the murder city
Desperate
But not helpless
The clock strikes midnight
In the murder city
I'm wide awake
After the riot
This demonstration
Of our anguish
This empty laughter
Has no reason
Like a bottle
Of your favorite poison
We are the last call
And it's too pathetic
Desperate
But not hopeless
I feel so useless
In the murder city
Desperate
But not helpless
The clock strikes midnight
In the murder city
Christian's crying
In the bathroom
And I just want to
Bum a cigarette
We've come so far,
We've been so wasted
It's written
All over our faces
We are the last call
And it's too pathetic
Desperate
But not hopeless
I feel so useless
In the murder city
Desperate
But not helpless
The clock strikes midnight
In the murder city
Desperate
But not hopeless
I feel so useless
In the murder city
Desperate
But not helpless
The clock strikes midnight
In the. - ¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)
- Restless Heart SyndromeVer letra
[X]letra de Restless Heart Syndrome
I've got a really bad disease
It's got me begging
On my hands and knees
So take me to the emergency
Cause something seems to be missing
Somebody take the pain away
It's like an ulcer bleeding in my brain
Send me to the pharmacy
So I can lose my memory
I'm elated
Medicated
Lord knows I tried to find a way to run away
I think they found another cure
For broken hearts and feeling insecure
You'd be surprised what I endure
What make you feel self-assure?
I need to find a place to hide
You never know what could be
Waiting outside
The accidents you could find
It's like some kind of suicide
So what ails you is what impales you
I feel like I've been crucified to be satisfied
I'm a victim of my symptom
I am my own worst enemy
You're a victim of your symptom
You are your own worst enemy
Know your enemy
I'm elated
Medicated
I am my own worst enemy
So what ails you is what impales you
You are your own worst enemy
You're a victim of the system
You are your own worst enemy
You're a victim of the system
You are your own worst enemy - Horseshoes and HandgrenadesVer letra
[X]letra de Horseshoes and Handgrenades
I'm not fucking around
I think I'm coming out
All the deceivers and cheaters
I think we've got a bleeder right now
Want you to slap me around
Want you to knock me out
Well, you missed me, kissed me
Now you better kick me down
Maybe you're the runner-up
But the first one to lose the race
Almost only really counts in
Horseshoes and hand grenades
I'm gonna burn it all down
I'm gonna rip it out
Well, everything you employ
Was meant for me to destroy
To the ground now
So don't you fuck me around
Because I'll shoot you down
I'm gonna drink, fight, and fuck
And pushing my luck
All the time now
Maybe you're the runner-up
But the first one to lose the race
Almost only really counts in
Horseshoes and hand grenades
Demolition, self-destruction
What to annihilate
The age-old contradiction
Demolition, self-destruction
What to annihilate
The old age
I'm not fucking around
I think I'm coming out
All the deceivers and cheaters
I think we've got a bleeder right now
I'm not fucking around
G-L-O-R-I-A - The Static Age
- 21 GunsVer letra
[X]letra de 21 Guns
Do you know what's worth fighting for,
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins
One, twenty one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins
One, twenty one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins
One, twenty one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
One, twenty one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I - American EulogyVer letra
[X]letra de American Eulogy
American Eulogy : Mass Hysteria
Sing us a song of the century
That sings like American eulogy
The dawn of my love and conspiracy
Of forgotten hope and the class of 13
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for Me
Mass Hysteria
Mass Hysteria
Mass Hysteria
Mass Hysteria
Red alert is the color of panic
Elevated to the point of static
Beating into the heart of the fanatics
And the neighborhood's a loaded gun
Idle thought leads to full-throttle screaming
And the welfare is 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
Mass Hysteria
True sounds of maniacal laughter
And the deaf-muste is 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 ona 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
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, American is falling
Vigilantes warning you
Calling Christian and Gloria
==== American Eulogy : Modern World ====
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
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
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I am a nation
Without bureaucratic ties
Deny the allegation as it's written
I want to take a ride to the great divide
Beyond the "Up to date"
And then neo-gentrified
The high definition for the low resident
Where the valve of your mind
Is not held in contempt
I can hear the sound of
A beating heart
That beelds beyond a system
That's falling apart
Without money to burn
On a minimum wage
'Cause i don't give a shit
About the modern age
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
Mass Hysteria
I don't want to live in the modern world
Mass Hysteria
I don't want to live in the modern world
Mass Hysteria
I don't want to live in the modern world
Mass Hysteria - See the Light
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- luistorresluisin: excelente disco me parece una gran banda
Los temas para el álbum comenzaron a tomar forma en 2006, tras una larga gira que ofrecieron en 2005 para promocionar su álbum "American Idiot". Durante todo 2006 y gran parte de 2007, Armstrong afirmó haber escrito cerca de 45 canciones nuevas. Hasta enero de 2008 no se encerrarían en los estudios de grabación para dar forma definitiva al que sería el nuevo álbum de Green Day.
"21st Century Breakdown" se conforma como una ópera rock, al estilo de su anterior álbum "American Idiot", publicado en 2004. El vocalista de Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, lo calificó como "una imagen del mundo en que vivimos, mientras tratamos de dar sentido a la manipulación egoísta que nos rodea". Se atreve con temas como la religión, el gobierno, los medios de comunicación o cualquier forma de autoridad.
Green Day obtuvo un rotundo éxito con este álbum, alcanzando el primer puesto en la lista estadounidense Billboard 200, al igual que en Reino Unido y en numerosos países. El álbum consiguió imponerse en la gala de los Grammy de 2010 en la categoría de Mejor Álbum de Rock. Los registros de ventas superan el millón de copias en Estados Unidos y los cuatro millones en todo el mundo.
Se lanzaron cinco sencillos de este álbum "21st Century Breakdown". El primero de ellos, "Know Your Enemy" (16 de abril de 2009), es una canción protesta con alto contenido político.
El vídeo fue dirigido por Matthew Cullen, estrenándose en la MTV el 24 de abril de 2009. En el mismo, la banda se presenta de noche en un escenario en un campo rodeado por una alambrada de púas. Las imágenes de la banda se ven entremezcladas también con tomas de cámaras de circuito cerrado de TV con visión nocturna que rodean el campo, así como de imágenes desde los helicópteros que patrullan el área con reflectores luminosos.
El segundo sencillo, "21 Guns", fue lanzado el 25 de mayo de 2009 y aborda el tema del patriotismo (21 es el número de salvas de cañón que se disparan en Estados Unidos en honor de los héroes caídos). Supone un himno contra la guerra que fue bien recibido por la crítica, alcanzando el puesto 55 en la lista Billboard Hot 100. También ha sido utilizada en el cine, como por ejemplo en la película "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".
El vídeo, dirigido por el realizador estadounidense Marc Webb, fue grabado en Los Ángeles. En el mismo podemos ver a una pareja que acaba de atracar un banco y es perseguida por la policía hasta un piso, donde les cae una lluvia de balas a través de las ventanas. Al final del vídeo, como suele ser habitual en los videoclips de Green Day, aparecen imágenes de destrucción.
"East Jesus Nowhere" es el tercer sencillo de "21st Century Breakdown". Se publicó el 19 de octubre de 2009 y el título hace referencia a una frase de la película de 2007 "Juno", una comedia con tintes dramáticos.
"East Jesus Nowhere", escrita por Billie Joe Armstrong, arremete contra los fundamentalismos religiosos. En el vídeo lanzado en septiembre de 2009, se muestran imágenes de conciertos en vivo de la banda.
"21st Century Breakdown", el tema que da título al álbum, se estrenó el 21 de diciembre de 2009 y está basada en la vida personal de su autor, el vocalista de la banda, Billie Joe Armstrong. El vídeo dirigido por Marc Webb y estrenado el 19 de octubre de 2009 en MTV, está realizado como si fuera una animación de estilo graffiti.
"Last of the American Girls" es el quinto y último sencillo del álbum "21st Century Breakdown". Lanzado el 22 de marzo de 2010, es una canción de amor sobre una chica con fuertes creencias y supuestamente fue escrita por Billie Joe haciendo referencia a su esposa, Adrienne. El vídeo intercala imágenes de la banda actuando en un desierto con escenas en las que aparece el personaje de Gloria (interpretado por Lisa Stelly), quien ya hacía acto de presencia en el vídeo de "21 Guns".
[X]
Sing us a song of the centuryletra de Song of the Century
That's louder than bombs
And eternity
The era of static and contraband
That's leading us into the promised land
Tell us a story that's by candlelight
Waging a war and losing the fight
They're playing the song of the century
Of panic and promise and prosperity
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for me
[X]
Born into Nixon, I was raised in hellletra de 21st Century Breakdown
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
The last one born and the first one to run,
My town was blind from refinery sun
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working class hero
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline
I was made of poison and blood
Condemnation is what I understood
Video games of the Tower's fall
Homeland security could kill us all
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working class hero
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline
We are the class of the class of thirteen
Born in the era of humility
We are the desperate in the decline
Raised by the bastards of 1969
My name is no one, your long lost son
Born on the fourth of July
Raised in the era of heroes and cons
That left me for dead or alive
I am a nation, a worker of pride
My debt to the status quo
The scars on my hands there a means to an end
Is all that I have to show
I swallowed my pride and choked on my faith
I've given my heart and my soul
I've broken my fingers and I've lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control
I've been to the edge
And I've thrown the bouquet of flowers left over the grave
I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time
And waiting for Judgment Day
I praise liberty
The freedom to obey
Is the song that strangles me
Well don't cross the line
Oh, dream, America, dream
I can't even sleep
From the light's early dawn
Oh, scream, America, scream
Believe what you see
From heroes and cons
[X]
Do you know the enemy?letra de Know Your Enemy
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Violence is an energy
Against the enemy
Violence is an energy
Bringing on the fury
The choir infantry
Revolt against the honor to obey
Overthrow the effigy
The vast majority
While burning down the foreman of control
Silence is an enemy
Against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
The insurgency will rise
When the blood's been sacrificed
Don't be blinded by the lies
In your eyes
Violence is an energy
From here to eternity
Violence is an energy
Silence is an enemy
So gimme gimme revolution
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Overthrow the effigy
The vast majority
We're burning down the foreman of control
Silence is an enemy
Against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul
[X]
Dreamingletra de Before the Lobotomy
I was only dreaming
Of another place and time
Where my family's from.
Singing
I can hear them singing.
When the rain had washed away
All these scattered dreams
Dying
Everyone's reminding
Hearts are washed in misery
Drenched in gasoline
Laughter
There is no more laughter
Songs of yesterday
Now live in the underground
Life before the lobotomy
Christian sang the eulogy
Sign my love a lost memory
From the end of the century
Well, it's enough to make you sick
To cast a stone and throw a brick
When the sky is falling down
It burned your dreams into the ground
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
We are normal and self-controlled
Remember to learn to forget
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
Well I'm not stoned
I'm just fucked up
I got so high I can't stand up
I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
I'm not in love 'cause I'm a mess
Like refugees
We're lost like refugees
Like refugees
We're lost like refugees
The brutality of reality
Is the freedom that keeps me from
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
Of another place and time
Where my family's from.
Singing
I can hear them singing.
When the rain had washed away
All these scattered dreams
Dying
Everyone's reminding
Hearts are washed in misery
Drenched in gasoline
Laughter
There is no more laughter
Songs of yesterday
Now live in the underground
[X]
I text a postcard, sent to youletra de Last Night on Earth
Did it go through?
Sending all my love to you
You are the moonlight of my life every night
Giving all my love to you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles 'til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
I'm sending all my love to you
With every breath that I am worth
Here on Earth
I'm sending all my love to you
So if you dare to second guess
You can rest assure
That all my love's for you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles 'til l found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
I'm sending all my love to you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles 'til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
Did I ever make it through
[X]
Raise your hands now to testifyletra de East Jesus Nowhere
Your confession will be crucified
You're a sacrificial suicide
Like a dog that's been sodomized
Stand up! All the white boys
Sit down! And the black girls
You're the soldiers of the new world
Put your faith in a miracle
And it's non-denominational
Join the choir we will be singing
In the church of wishful thinking
A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
Oh bless me Lord for I have sinned
It's been a lifetime since I last confessed
I threw my crutches in "the river of a shadow of doubt"
And I'll be dressed up in my Sunday best
Say a prayer for the family
Drop a coin for humanity
Ain't this uniform so flattering?
I never asked you a god damned thing
A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
Don't test me
Second guess me
Protest me
You will disappear
I want to know who's allowed to breed
All the dogs who never learned to read
Missionary politicians
And the cops of a new religion
A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the inside
Yeah
[X]
Well, I've got a feverletra de Peacemaker
A non-believer
I'm in a state of grace
For I am the seizer
I'm gonna seize the day
Well, call of the banshee, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
As God as my witness
The infidels are gonna pay
Well, call the assassin
The orgasm
A spasm of love and hate
For what will divide us?
The righteous and the meek
Well, call of the wild, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
Death to the girl at the end of the serenade
Vendetta, sweet vendetta
This Beretta of the night
This fire and the desire
Shots ringing out on a holy parasite
I am a killjoy from Detroit
I drink from a well of rage
I feed off the weakness with all my love
Call up at the captain, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
Death to the lover that you were dreaming of
This is a stand-off
A Molotov cocktail
On the house
You thought I was a write-off
You better think again
Call the peacemaker, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
I'm gonna send you back to the place where it all began
Vendetta, sweet vendetta
This Beretta of the night
This fire and the desire
Shots ringing out on a holy parasite
Well now the caretaker's the undertaker
Now I'm gonna go out and get the peacemaker
This is the Neo St. Valentine's massacre
Well call up the Gaza, hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
Death to the ones at the end of the serenade
Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
[X]
She puts her makeup onletra de Last of the American Girls
Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland
She's got her little book of conspiracies
Right in her hand
She is paranoid like
Endangered species headed into extinction
She is one of a kind
She's the last of the American girls
She wears her overcoat
For the coming of the nuclear winter
She is riding her bike
Like a fugitive of critical mass
She's on a hunger strike
For the ones who won't make it for dinner
She makes enough to survive
For a holiday of working class
She's a runaway of the establishment incorporated.
She won't cooperate
She's the last of the American girls
She plays her vinyl records
Singing songs on the eve of destruction
She's a sucker for
All the criminals breaking the laws
She will come in first
For the end of western civilization
She's an endless war
She's a hero for a lost cause
Like a hurricane
In the heart of the devastation
She's a natural disaster
She's the last of the American girls
She puts her makeup on
Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland
She's got her little book of conspiracies
Right in her hand
She will come in first
For the end of western civilization
She's a natural disaster
She's the last of the American girls
[X]
Desperateletra de Murder City
But not hopeless
I feel so useless
In the murder city
Desperate
But not helpless
The clock strikes midnight
In the murder city
I'm wide awake
After the riot
This demonstration
Of our anguish
This empty laughter
Has no reason
Like a bottle
Of your favorite poison
We are the last call
And it's too pathetic
Desperate
But not hopeless
I feel so useless
In the murder city
Desperate
But not helpless
The clock strikes midnight
In the murder city
Christian's crying
In the bathroom
And I just want to
Bum a cigarette
We've come so far,
We've been so wasted
It's written
All over our faces
We are the last call
And it's too pathetic
Desperate
But not hopeless
I feel so useless
In the murder city
Desperate
But not helpless
The clock strikes midnight
In the murder city
Desperate
But not hopeless
I feel so useless
In the murder city
Desperate
But not helpless
The clock strikes midnight
In the.
[X]
I've got a really bad diseaseletra de Restless Heart Syndrome
It's got me begging
On my hands and knees
So take me to the emergency
Cause something seems to be missing
Somebody take the pain away
It's like an ulcer bleeding in my brain
Send me to the pharmacy
So I can lose my memory
I'm elated
Medicated
Lord knows I tried to find a way to run away
I think they found another cure
For broken hearts and feeling insecure
You'd be surprised what I endure
What make you feel self-assure?
I need to find a place to hide
You never know what could be
Waiting outside
The accidents you could find
It's like some kind of suicide
So what ails you is what impales you
I feel like I've been crucified to be satisfied
I'm a victim of my symptom
I am my own worst enemy
You're a victim of your symptom
You are your own worst enemy
Know your enemy
I'm elated
Medicated
I am my own worst enemy
So what ails you is what impales you
You are your own worst enemy
You're a victim of the system
You are your own worst enemy
You're a victim of the system
You are your own worst enemy
[X]
I'm not fucking aroundletra de Horseshoes and Handgrenades
I think I'm coming out
All the deceivers and cheaters
I think we've got a bleeder right now
Want you to slap me around
Want you to knock me out
Well, you missed me, kissed me
Now you better kick me down
Maybe you're the runner-up
But the first one to lose the race
Almost only really counts in
Horseshoes and hand grenades
I'm gonna burn it all down
I'm gonna rip it out
Well, everything you employ
Was meant for me to destroy
To the ground now
So don't you fuck me around
Because I'll shoot you down
I'm gonna drink, fight, and fuck
And pushing my luck
All the time now
Maybe you're the runner-up
But the first one to lose the race
Almost only really counts in
Horseshoes and hand grenades
Demolition, self-destruction
What to annihilate
The age-old contradiction
Demolition, self-destruction
What to annihilate
The old age
I'm not fucking around
I think I'm coming out
All the deceivers and cheaters
I think we've got a bleeder right now
I'm not fucking around
G-L-O-R-I-A
[X]
Do you know what's worth fighting for,letra de 21 Guns
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins
One, twenty one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins
One, twenty one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins
One, twenty one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
One, twenty one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I
[X]
American Eulogy : Mass Hysterialetra de American Eulogy
Sing us a song of the century
That sings like American eulogy
The dawn of my love and conspiracy
Of forgotten hope and the class of 13
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for Me
Mass Hysteria
Mass Hysteria
Mass Hysteria
Mass Hysteria
Red alert is the color of panic
Elevated to the point of static
Beating into the heart of the fanatics
And the neighborhood's a loaded gun
Idle thought leads to full-throttle screaming
And the welfare is 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
Mass Hysteria
True sounds of maniacal laughter
And the deaf-muste is 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 ona 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
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, American is falling
Vigilantes warning you
Calling Christian and Gloria
==== American Eulogy : Modern World ====
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
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
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I am a nation
Without bureaucratic ties
Deny the allegation as it's written
I want to take a ride to the great divide
Beyond the "Up to date"
And then neo-gentrified
The high definition for the low resident
Where the valve of your mind
Is not held in contempt
I can hear the sound of
A beating heart
That beelds beyond a system
That's falling apart
Without money to burn
On a minimum wage
'Cause i don't give a shit
About the modern age
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
Mass Hysteria
I don't want to live in the modern world
Mass Hysteria
I don't want to live in the modern world
Mass Hysteria
I don't want to live in the modern world
Mass Hysteria