Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones who're meant to follow For that's enough to argue Don't wanna be an American idiot Don't want a nation

Sailing away, beyond the reach of anyone Far beyond the dreams of everyone No light to follow A shot in the dark Does anybody know? High from the heavens I can't see the pain Does anybody care? Our truth is painted across the sky

Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones who're meant to follow For that's enough to argue Don't wanna be an American idiot Don't want a nation

Those crazy loves, they'll never run Spinning together Make you turn, make you turn, just to find another one Watch them falling Watch them shatter 'Cause they can't see where they're going They're just following

Whatever you may hear or see Us of constant banging Throwing fists against the wall How cruel time can be When you wake you'll know I'm gone And where I'm going there's no one So don't follow me Don't follow me

Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alienation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones who're meant to follow For that's enough to argue Don't wanna be an American idiot Don't want a nation

(This is what you really want) (This is what you asked for) I won't let you go So don't let go of me I wanted something more I wanted this right here No one can ever follow No one can ever know Wind up the spinning top and watch it go, watch it go

There's a world we can visit if we go outside Outside, outside, we can follow the road Outside, outside, no one knows Can you hear me now? I used to dream every night, now I never dream at all I'm hopin' that it's cause I'm livin' everything I want I

Fly into the distance Disappear for a while I can't make sense of this Remind me I'm golden The fortress above the sun Why don't you spend nowhere with me? Follow the river and the path of the ones trying the names Of the shore Forever I can't find

There's a world we can visit if we go outside Outside, outside, we can follow the road Outside, outside, no one knows Can you hear me now? I used to dream every night, now I never dream at all I'm hopin' that it's cause I'm livin' everything I want I