Sing us the song of the century   That sings like American eulogy   The dawn of my love and conspiracy   Forgotten hope and the class of 13   Tell me a story into that good night   Sing us a song for me      Hysteria   Mass hysteria   Mass hysteria   Mass hysteria      Red alert is the color of panic   Elevated to the point of static   Beating into the hearts of the fanatics   And the neighborhood's a loaded gun      Idle thoughts lead to full-throttle screaming   And the welfare's 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      True sounds of maniacal laughter   And the deaf-mute's 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 on a 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      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   America is falling   Vigilantes warning you   Calling Christian and Gloria!      I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world      Well, 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      Well, I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world      I am a nation without bureaucratic ties   Deny the allegation as it's written   Fuckin' lies!      Well, I wanna take a ride to the Great Divide   Beyond the "up-to-date" and the neo-gentrified   The high definition for the low resident   Where the value of your mind is not held in contempt      I can hear the sound of a beating heart   That bleeds beyond a system that is falling apart   With money to burn on a minimum wage   Well, I don't give a shit about the modern age      I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world   I don't wanna live in the modern world      Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)   Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)   Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)   Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)      Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)   Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)   Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)   Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)      Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)   Mass hysteria   (I don't wanna live in the modern world)