The Anthem of a Rebel

So this morning I was doin' my thing, ya know. Getting ready for school with my music on full blast, not caring about the world. And then a song started playing...and I had no idea what it was.
My first reaction was (of course)"What the heck is this song and how did it get on my iPod?" But then I listened a bit...I realized it was 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day. First I felt really stupid for not knowing what it was right off the bat. And then I listened a bit...and I thought, "Holy crap. This is like, my anthem right now." And I'll tell you why. (Lyrics in Bold, reason in...normal. I guess. Haha)

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

Well, I wasn't born into Nixon, but the rest of it sounds about right.


21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
Yeah. That last line especially. And the second line, too. I've been lost since...well, a long time. And so far, no one has even bothered to change that. Or to help. Thanks, guys.

Condemnation is what I understood
Video games to the tower's fall
I don't really know how to explain this one but...it works. Somehow.

21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
Here we go with this again...

We are the class of, the class of 13
Born in the era of humility
We are the desperate in the decline
Raised by the bastards of 1969

K, so the class is a year off (I'd be Class of '14) And neither of my parents were born in 1969. HOWEVER, if you change the "We are" in the third line to "I am", there you have it.

My name is no one
The long lost son

Obviously my name is Kenzie, not no one. But hell, it might as well be. Same for that second line...

I am a nation
A worker of pride
My debt to the status quo

I honestly don't understand this line (I never claimed to be a genius, leave me alone!!) However, if I'm interpeting it correctly, I do take pride in most everything I do. The status quo thing is another one that's hard to explain, but trust me. It works.

I swallowed my pride
And I choked on my faith
I've given my heart and my soul
I've broken my fingers
And lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control

Done all'a that once over. It's not all that fun.

Oh dream, America, dream
I can't even sleep
From the light's early dawn
This one's pretty self-explanitory.

Oh scream, America, scream
Believe what you see
From heroes and cons

Another one that's hard to explain. Except I do seem to be doing a lot of screaming lately. Anyway...



Now, before you come whining to me with, "Hey hey hey hey, you left out a whole bunch of stuff."  I KNOW. I left out the stuff that had nothing to do with anything, thank you very much.
Anyway, that was my revelation for the day. What's yours?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4ZKlT1EvCA  <<<<< Watch it.