Diana, the Berlin wall
Even giants can take a fall
George Bush, the bikini wax
Below the belt, hide the facts

Skase is gone and Axle's mad
Kaufman was the best we had
John is dead, the bastard lives
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?

Nothing is ever what it seems to be
Living in the 21st century
Life has changed from everything we knew
All that we've been through
It doesn't make sense to me
Living in the 21st century

Global warming just ain't cool
Too much chlorine in the gene pool
Save the sheep, clone the whales
Running out of options, preparing to fail

Genocide, de facto wife
G8 summit designed for life
Muhammad Ali, Kurt Cobain
There's no such thing as cheap cocaine
Never again

Nothing is ever what it seems to be
Living in the 21st century
Life has changed, everything we knew
All that we've been through
It doesn't make sense to me
Living in the 21st century, in the 21st century

Why isn't anyone around?
Why is everybody lying down?
Everyone is shouting
But I can't hear a sound

No one wants to act their age
Take a pill, join the rave
Living fast, dying young
Twenty seven years of too much fun

Vietnam, the markets crashed
Brian Wilson hide the stash
Making cents of interests rates
And Hefner is the devil incarnate
Devil incarnate

Nothing is ever what it seems to be
Living in the 21st century
Life has changed from everything we knew
All that we've been through
It doesn't make sense to me
Living in the 21st

Nothing is ever what it seems to be
Living in the 21st century
Life has changed from everything we knew
All that we've been through
It doesn't make sense to me



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21st Century Lyrics as written by Christopher John Cheney

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    Pretty obvious meaning. It's about how confusing and complicated we've made our lives by trying to make our lives easier and better.

    TheTuxedoon May 17, 2009   Link
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    Also, first!

    TheTuxedoon May 17, 2009   Link

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