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American Eulogy (with the extended title, American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World) is the 17th song on Green Day's eighth album, 21st Century Breakdown. The song is seen as two songs put together, "Mass Hysteria" and "Modern World". The intro to the track is a reprised version of the album's opening track "Song of the Century", with minor changes in the lyrics.

Lyrics[]

[Part 1: American Eulogy][]

[Billie: Intro]
Sing us a song of the century
It sings like American Eulogy
The dawn of my love and conspiracy
Forgotten hope and the class of '13
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for me...

[Part 2: Mass Hysteria][]

[Chorus]
Hysteria, mass hysteria!
Mass hysteria!
Mass hysteria!
Mass hysteria!

[Verse 1]
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 thought lead to full-throttle screaming
And the wealth is asphyxiating
Mass confusion is all the new age
And it's creating a feeding ground for the bottom feeders of

[Chorus]
Hysteria
Mass hysteria!
Mass hysteria!
Mass hysteria!

[Verse 2]
True sounds of maniacal laughter
And the deaf mute's is misleading the choir
The punchline 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 n****** throwing gas into the..."

[Chorus]
Hysteria
Mass hysteria!
Mass hysteria!
Mass hysteria!

[Bridge]
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 ya
Calling Christian and Gloria!

[Guitar Solo]

[Part 3: Modern World][]

[Billie and Mike: Chorus]
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!

[Mike: Verse 3]
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

[Billie and Mike: Chorus]
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!

[Billie: Bridge]
I am a nation without bureaucratic lies
Deny the allegation as it's written, fucking lies!

[Guitar Solo]

[Mike: Verse 4]
I want to 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
I don't give a shit about the modern age

[Billie and Mike: Chorus]
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!

[Outro]
(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!

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