Watching television in an electronic prison
Waiting for the darkness to fall
Homegrown terrorism, one nation in division
And the talk shows are to blame for it all
The ATF and FBI make preparations to invade
The bill of rights disintegrates because freedom just gets in the way
The crime rate is alarming, the citizens are arming
Against uncommon enemies
A fourth world revolution, invisible pollution
In the 21st Century
21st Century
In the 21st Century
In the 21st Century
The homeless were a nuisance to the five o'clock commuters
So they were erased from the streets
Apocalyptic rumors are consumed by the consumers
There's a new disease every week
The nightly news has no more room for truth inside the narrowcast
The markets slip, a panic hits as a fever spreads across the land
Genetic engineering, one step from ethnic cleansing
Copyright your DNA
Moral indiscretions, unnatural selection
In the 21st Century
Watch the politicians as they jockey for position
In the endless race of the rats
All the kids are listening to some junky musician
As the empire shows signs of collapse
The upper crust, the one percent have run off with all the cash
Don't pay the bills, forget the rent, it's the beginning of the end
The book of revelations, the cult of information
The power of prophecy
You don't need a crystal ball to track the rise and fall
Of the 21st Century
21st Century
In the 21st Century
In the 21st Century
In the 21st Century
In the 21st Century
I'm the 21st Century
I'm the 21st Century
I'm the 21st Century