American Idiot
Rockabye Baby! Lyrics

Don't wanna be an American idiot
I do not wish to be seen as someone who blindly follows what the American society and media say and do.

Don't want a nation under the new media
I do not want a country that is solely controlled and influenced by modern media sources.

And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
Are you able to perceive how much the people are so fervently and anxiously being influenced by the new media?

The subliminal mind fuck America
America is being subtly and quietly brainwashed into conforming to certain media-accepted worldviews and values.

Welcome to a new kind of tension
We are experiencing and entering into a new era where everything in the society is unpredictable, worrisome, and difficult to comprehend.

All across the alien nation
The entire society is feeling like an 'alien nation,' feeling disconnected and estranged from what goes on around them.

Where everything isn't meant to be okay
In our society, nothing is the way it should be and everything is far from perfect.

Television dreams of tomorrow
The media continues to have lots of wild and unrealized visions of how the future will look.

We're not the ones who're meant to follow
We, as individuals, should not follow whatever the media tells us to do or think.

For that's enough to argue
There is enough disagreement and disagreement with what society dictates that it causes arguments to ensue.

Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I could possibly be viewed as a homosexual in America's eyes just for disagreeing with the country's mainstream viewpoints and ideologies.

I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
I'm against the individuals and groups who are advocating for right-wing and conservative beliefs/values.

Now everybody do the propaganda
Everyone is being persuaded into believing whatever the media is telling them to believe.

And sing along to the age of paranoia
Everyone is buying into the age of paranoia, and in turn, feeling more anxious and paranoid about the world around them.

Don't want to be an American idiot
Once again, the singer does not want to conform to the typical, mainstream ideas, values, and behaviors of American society.

One nation controlled by the media
The nation is practically and entirely dictated by the media and their vision of how things should be.

Information age of hysteria
We are currently going through an era where high levels of anxiety and fear are continuously fueled by lots of inaccurate information and news.

It's calling out to idiot America
This climate of anxiety and paranoia is affecting all of America, even those who do not realize the danger of blindly following the media.

Welcome to a new kind of tension
Once again, the singer is alluding to an epoch in American society that is increasingly causing worry and tension for many people.

All across the alien nation
The feeling of being a stranger or an outsider to the society is something that is shared with many different social groups and people.

Where everything isn't meant to be okay
In this new era, everything is not fine, and in fact, there is a lot of worry and anxiety surrounding the way thing are becoming and developing.

Television dreams of tomorrow
Once again, the media is continuing to provide unrealistic and fanciful visions of the future, aggravating well-founded fears and anxieties of the unknown.

We're not the ones who're meant to follow
Instead of being demoralized by the anxiety and worry of these times, individuals should contest the mainstream way of thinking.

For that's enough to argue
There is still significant disagreement over these things, and that disagreement generates new ideas and solutions to the problems we face.