American Idiot
Green Day / Cast of American Idiot Lyrics

Don't wanna be an American idiot
I do not want to be someone who blindly follows the American way only to end up becoming stupid and ignorant.

Don't want a nation under the new media
I do not want to live in a country that is controlled by a few entities who dictate what people should believe and think.

And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
Do you notice the widespread panic and chaos that is being caused by the media, which is responsible for spreading misleading information?

The subliminal mind-fuck America
This is the way the media manipulates people's thoughts and beliefs subtly without them realizing it which ultimately leads to stupidity.

Welcome to a new kind of tension
Get ready to face the new kind of stress and anxiety that is the result of the increasing influence of the media on society.

All across the alien nation
This feeling is not limited to a particular region or specific people, but is happening everywhere across the country.

Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Things are not ideal everywhere, everywhere people are dealing with issues and problems.

Television dreams of tomorrow
The media creates an image of an ideal society that we all aspire to but which is not necessarily achievable.

We're not the ones who're meant to follow
We should not be made to follow what the media dictates, we should explore facts and make our decisions accordingly.

For that's enough to argue
We should have debates and discussions because that is what healthy democracy is all about.

Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I don't necessarily adhere to traditional American social norms or attitudes

I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
I am not part of a group of people who blindly follow traditional conservative ideals and beliefs.

Now everybody do the propaganda
Everyone seems to be a part of propaganda that media creates to impose their beliefs on society.

And sing along to the age of paranoia
And everyone seems to be humming along to the beat of paranoia that's been created by media narratives.

One nation controlled by the media
The media is entirely controlling and dictating what our entire nation is thinking, saying, and doing.

Information Age of hysteria
We are in the age of technology and media, where everyone is paranoid and afraid of what's going to happen next.

It's calling out to idiot America
And the media is not only making us paranoid, it's making us foolish too, encouraging us to believe things without using our logical thinking.