Thi500/Thi Anidem is dead. This is his story.
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal, mind-fuck, America
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Well, maybe I'm the fggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now every do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information Age of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot America
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
.....
I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Suburbia
The bible of none of the above
On a steady diet of
Soda Pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my
Sins in hell
As far as I can tell
At least the ones that I got away with
And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me
Get my television fix
Sitting on my crucifix
The living room in my private womb
While the Moms and Brads are away
To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes
And Mary Jane
To keep me insane
Doing someone else's cocaine
And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me
At the center of the earth
In the parking lot
Of the 7-11 where I was taught
The motto was just a lie
It says home is where your heart is
But what a shame
Cause everyone's heart
Doesn't beat the same
It's beating out of time
City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care
I read the graffiti
In the bathroom stall
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
And so it seemed to confess
It didn't say much
But it only confirmed that
The center of the earth
Is the end of the world
And I could really care less
City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care
I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't care
I don't care!
Everyone's so full of shit!
Born and raised by hypocrites!
Hearts recycled but never saved!
From the cradle to the grave!
We are the kids of war and peace!
From New York to the Middle East!
We are the stories and disciples of
The Jesus of suburbia!
Land of make believe
And it don't believe in me
Land of make believe
And I don't believe
And I don't care!
Dearly beloved are you listening?
I can't remember a word that you were saying
Are we demented or am I disturbed?
The space that's in between insane and insecure
Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
Am I rtarded or am I just overjoyed?
No's perfect, and I stand accused
For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse
To live, and not to breathe
Is to die, in tragedy
To run, to run away
To find, what you believe
And I leave behind
This hurricane of fucking lies
I lost my faith to this
This town that don't exist
So I run, I run away
To the lights of masochists
And I, leave behind
This hurricane of fucking lies
And I, walked this line
A million and one fucking times
But not this time
I don't feel any shame
I wont apologize
When there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain
When you've been victimized
Tales from another broken home...
Oh you're leaving?
You're leaving?
You're leaving?
Are you leaving home?
.....
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (hey!)
A shame,
The ones who died without a name
Hear the dogs howlin' out of key
To a hymn called faith and misery (hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (hey!)
To find, the money's on the other side
Can I get another Amen?
(Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (hey!)
A gag, A plastic bag on a monument
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday!
"The representative from New York has the floor!"
Sieg Heil to the president gasman!
Bombs away is your punishment!
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government!
Bang bang, goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fgs that don't agree!
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me!
Just cause
Just cause
Because we're outlaws, yeah!
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on Holiday!
.....
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then, I walk alone...
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone
Read between the lines
Of what's fucked up, and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
No, I'm still alive, and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah)
I walk alone
I walk a...
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
.....
Starry nights, city lights
Coming down over me
Skyscrapers, stargazers in my head
Are we, we are, are we, we are
The waiting unknown?
This dirty town was burning down in my dreams
Lost and found, city bound in my dreams
And screaming
Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting?
And screaming
Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting?
Forget me nots, second thoughts live in isolation
Heads or tails and fairy tales in my mind
Are we we are, are we we are the waiting unknown
The rage and love, the story of my life
The Jesus of Suburbia is a lie...
And screaming
Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting?
And screaming
Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting?
Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting?
And screaming
Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting?
Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting?
.....
Thi Anidem's comin' down across the alleyway!
Up on the boulevard, like a zip gun on parade!
Light of a silhouette,
He's insubordinate,
Coming at you on the count of one, two...
(ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!)
My name is Thi and you better not wear it out
Suicide commando that your momma talked about
King of the forty thieves
And I'm here to represent
That needle in the vein of the establishment!
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
Cigarettes and Ramen and a little bag of dope
I am the son of a bitch, and Edgar Allan Poe
Raised in the city under a halo of lights
The product of war and fear that we've been victimized
I'm the patron saint of the denial
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
Are you talkin' to me?
I'll give you something to cry about!
THI ANIDEM!
My name is Thi, I'm a son of a gun
I am the one that's from the way outside!
A teenage assassin executing some fun!
In the cult of the life of crime!
I'd really hate to say it but I told you so,
So shut your mouth before I shoot you down, ol' boy
Welcome to the club, and give me some blood
I'm the resident leader of the lost and found
It's comedy,
And tragedy,
They call me Thi,
And that's my name!
And don't wear it out!
.....
Take away the sensation inside..
Bitter sweet migraine in my head...
Its like a throbbing tooth ache of the mind...
I can't take this feeling anymore...
Drain the pressure from the swelling
The sensations overwhelming
Give me a long kiss goodnight, and everything will be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
So give me Novocaine...
Out of and out of mind...
Kiss the demons out of my dreams...
I get the funny feeling, that's alright...
Thi says it's better than air,
I'll tell you why
Drain the pressure from the swelling
The sensations overwhelming
Give me a long kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing,
So give me Novocaine...
Oh, Novocaine...
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
The sensations overwhelming
Give me a long kiss goodnight and everything will be alright,
Tell me, Thi, I won't feel a thing,
So give me Novocaine...
.....
She's a rebel!
She's a saint!
She's salt of the earth and she's dangerous
She's a rebel!
Vigilante!
Missing link on the brink of destruction!
From Chicago to Toronto
She's the one that they call Ol' Whatsername
She's the symbol
Of resistance
And she's holding on my heart like a hand grenade!
Is she dreaming,
What I'm thinking?
Is she the mother of all bombs, gonna detonate?
Is she trouble,
Like I'm trouble?
Make it a double twist of fate or a melody!
That she sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define
Nothing comes to mind
She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define
Nothing comes to mind
She's a rebel!
She's a saint!
She's salt of the earth and she's dangerous
She's a rebel!
Vigilante!
Missing link on the brink of destruction
She's a rebel!
She's a saint!
She's salt of the earth and she's dangerous
She's a rebel!
Vigilante!
Missing link on the brink of destruction
She's a rebel, she's a rebel, she's a rebel!
And she's dangerous
She's a rebel, she's a rebel, she's a rebel!
And she's dangerous!
.....
She's an extraordinary girl
In an ordinary world
And she can't seem to get away
He lacks the courage in his mind
Like a child left behind
Like a pet left in the rain
She's all alone again
Wiping the tears from her eyes
Someday he feels like dying
She gets so sick of crying
She sees the mirror of herself
An image she wants to sell
To anyone willing to buy
He steals the image in her kiss
From her hearts apocalypse
From the one called what's her name
She's all alone again
Wiping the tears from her eyes
Someday he feels like dying
She gets so sick of crying
She's all alone again
Wiping the tears from her eyes
Someday he feels like dying
Someday it's not worth trying
Now that they both are finding
She gets so sick of crying
She's an extraordinary girl
An extraordinary girl
An extraordinary girl
An extraordinary girl
.....
Nobody likes you...
Everyone left you...
They're all out without you...
Having fun...
...
Where have all the bastards gone?
The underbelly stacks up ten high
The dummy failed the crash test
Collecting unemployment checks
Like a flunkie along for the ride
Where have all the riots gone?
As the city's motto gets pulverized?
What's in love is now in debt
On your birth certificate
So strike the fucking match to light this fuse!
The town bishop is an extortionist
And he don't even know that you exist
Standing still when it's do or die
You better run for your fucking life!
It's not over 'till you're underground
It's not over before it's too late
This city's burnin'
It's not my burden
It's not over before it's too late
There's nothing left to analyze
Where will all the martyrs go when the virus cures itself?
And where will we all go when it's too late?
And don't look back!
You're not the Jesus of Suburbia!
Thi Anidem is a figment of
Your mother's rage and your father's love!
Made in the idiot America!
It's not over 'till you're underground
It's not over before it's too late
This city's burnin'
It's not my burden
It's not over before it's too late
She said I can't take this place
I'm leaving it behind
Well she said I can't take this town
I'm leaving you tonight!
.....
Summer has come and passed,
The innocent can never last.
Wake me up when September ends...
Like my fathers come to pass,
Seven years has gone so fast.
Wake me up when September ends...
Here comes the rain again,
Falling from the stars,
Drenched in my pain again,
Becoming who we are.
As my memory rests,
But never forgets what I lost...
Wake me up when September ends...
Summer has come and passed,
The innocent can never last,
Wake me up when September ends...
Ring out the bells again,
Like we did when spring began,
Wake me up when September ends...
Here comes the rain again,
Falling from the stars,
Drenched in my pain again,
Becoming who we are...
As my memory rests,
But never forgets what I lost,
Wake me up when September ends...
Summer has come and passed,
The innocent can never last,
Wake me up when September ends...
Like my father's come to pass,
Twenty years has gone so fast,
Wake me up when September ends...
Wake me up when September ends...
Wake me up when September ends...
.....
My heart is beating from me
I am standing all alone
Please call me only if you are coming home
Waste another year flies by
Waste a night or two
You taught me how to live.
In the streets of shame
Where you've lost your dreams in the rain
There's no signs of hope
The stems and seeds of the last of the dope
There's a glow of light
Thi Anidem is the spark in the night
Bearing gifts and trust
The fixture in the city of lust
What the hell's your name?
What's your pleasure and what is your pain?
Do you dream too much?
Do you think what you need is a crutch?
In the crowd of pain,Thi comes without any shame
He says, "We're fucked up" and we're not the same
And mom and dad are the ones you can blame
Thi died today
He blew his brains out into the bay
In this state of mind, it's my own private suicide
Well, nobody cares!
Well, nobody cares!
Does anyone care if no cares?
Well, nobody cares!
Well, nobody cares!
Does anyone care if nobody cares?
Jesus is filling out paperwork now
At the facility on East 12th Street
He's not listening to a word now
He's in his own world and he's daydreaming
He'd rather be doing something else now
Like cigarettes and coffee with the underbelly
His life's on the line with anxiety now
She had enough, and he had plenty
Some get me out of there!
Any get me out of there!
Some get me out of here!
Get me the fuck right out of there!
So far away
I don't wanna stay
Get me out of here right now!
I just wanna be free
Is there a possibility?
Get me out of here right now!
Right...
This life like dream ain't for me!
I fell asleep while watching Spike TV
After ten cups of coffee
And you're still not here
Dreaming of a song
But something went wrong
And you can't tell anyone
'Cause no one's here
Left me here alone
And I should have stayed home
After ten cups of coffee I'm thinking
Where'd you go...
Nobody likes you...
Everyone left you... (where'd you go?)
They're all out without you havin' fun... (where'd you go?)
Everyone left you...
Nobody's like you... (where'd you go?)
They're all out without you havin' fun...
Where'd you go?
Jeez...
I got a rock and roll band!
I got a rock and roll life!
I got a rock and roll girlfriend!
And another ex-wife!
I got a rock and roll house!
I got a rock and roll car!
I play the shit out the drums!
And I can play the guitar!
I got a kid in New York!
I got a kid in the bay!
I haven't drank or smoked a thing
In over twenty two days!
So get off my case, get off my case, off of my case!
Here they come marching down the street
Like a desperation murmur of a heart beat
Coming back from the edge of town
Underneath their feet
The time has come and it's going nowhere
No ever said that life was fair now
Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear
In the summer heat
The world is spinning around and around
Out of control again
The 7-11 to the fear of breaking down
So send my love a letter bomb
And visit me in hell
We're the ones going
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
I started fuckin' running
As soon as my feet touched ground
We're back in the barrio
And to you and me, that's Jingle Town that's...
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home (no, fuck you, just go, I don't care, I don't, I don't!)
We're coming home again (no, fuck you, just go, I don't care, I don't, I don't!)
No likes you...
Everyone left you...
They're all out without you havin' fun...
.....
Thought I ran into you down on the street
Then it turned out to only be a dream
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face
But I can't recall the name...
Now I wonder how Whatsername has been.
Seems that she disappeared without a trace
Did she ever marry old what's his face?
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face
But I can't recall the name...
Now I wonder how Whatsername has been.
Remember, whatever
It seems like forever to go
Remember, whatever
It seems like forever ago
The regrets are useless in my mind
She's in my head
I must confess
The regrets are useless in my mind
She's in my head
So long ago
And in the darkest night
If my memory serves me right
I'll never turn back time
Forgetting you, but not the time!
