We are the sons and daughters of children
We're all just figuring it out as we go
We were born to fill a void inside our confused parents
And then we're left here to die all alone
And then we found out god was a knock-knock joke
When we answered the door, there was nobody home
Aren't you glad I didn't tell you the nonsense the fed me
All about forbidden fruit
And then they sent us off to schools, and factories, and wars
To teach us its okay to die, as long as we're poor
Then you tell me not to tread on you
In the land of the free and the home of the depraved
These are the things, these are the things they never tell you
These are the things I've had to learn on my own, all alone
So let the boys be girls and the girls be boys
We can all fall in love, we can all get destroyed
We don't need old, rich, white men to tell us
Who we can kiss goodnight
'cause we can listen to Slayer or we can't just get stoned
We can teach ourselves it's okay to be alone
We can start our own bands in our basements
We can break up citing creative differences
These are the things, these are the things they never tell you
These are the things I've had to learn on my own
All on my own [x9]
So let's forget world wars, and government crooks
We can write our own novels, and history books
We can call this a new beginning
We can write our own soundtrack
This time around
It's gonna sound like
Ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-dee-dah, ba-dee-dah
Ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-dee-dah, ba-dee-dah
So let's forget world wars, and government crooks
We can write our own novels, and history books
We can call this a new beginning
We can write our own soundtrack
This time around