Weâre useless!
A whole generation been rendered ineffectual
Weâre stupid!
A whole generation bent anti-intellectual
Talkinâ âbout my Xanax-takinâ,
Vacant, baitinâ doom, complacent,
Aginâ awaitinâ an explanation
Employer hatinâ, still wage slavinâ
Failinâ, fakinâ, chasinâ validation
Creatinâ waste ân devastation
Video game playinâ, mistake makinâ
Lost, forsaken generation
Never gonna quit, no weâre never gonna stop
Look at what we copped, look at what we got
Everythingâs cool, yeah, everythingâs hot
Iâm so counterculture, man, look at where I shop
Look at what I dropped, look at what I rock
Bought myself some meaning and a fresh new top
A feeling of importance ân some threads to jock
Such a fucking rebel when I hit the block
Every generation wants to be the last (be the last)
Every generation wants to eat the past (eat the past)
In a world where compassion is fashion, meaningâs just another object in the marketplace
âN in a world where convenience is king, beautyâs just another shopping center parking space
We so fresh-fresh
We so fly-fly
So who the best dressed?
Donât you lie-lie
So you can stress-stress
We say âwhy-why?â
âN we so reckless
We just buy-buy
I saw the best minds of my generation
Reduced to priests of prosaic imitation
Angel-headed hipsters burning their donations
Not learning from mistakes ân yearning for the days end
An entire vanguard, vain ân self-obsessed
Drunk on false pride, nursed from fake breasts
The triumph of the ad age: authenticityâs death
Empty fascinations lacking insight ân depth
Historyâs just an aesthetic, thatâs all it is
Gotta push it to the peasants in a hers ân his
Just put it all on credit, man, itâs strictly biz
There ainât no time like the present to completely miss