The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
We are given this knife, now we're taking their life
The pact is made, we sold our souls for nothing more
The strands of life were once frayed and now we're sacred and afraid
Living out the dreams that seem to be delayed
Que somos libre' pero un cancer
You say that you have found the answer
The future's not for me, in your society
The light you see is never what it seems to be
Confusion, illusion
The nation that you took from me is one in which I won't burn
Because you won't learn
That this is my turn to return
You can't sell us what you steal
We won't buy what isn't real, eh-eh-eh
Our lives aren't secure
Our hearts won't endure
Fuck you and your
Ways
Y mi futuro es negro, que yo soy un peligro
The vision that is sold just never seems to grow
The life that you cannot mold, tú dices que es tu dolor
The fact is played, the story's old, I'm fucking cold
To be like you and have your actions
To buy into the new perceptions
Of how my life should be, the vision I should see
The future and the light is not what seems to be
Confusion, illusion
The nation that you took from me is one in which I won't burn
Because you won't learn
That this is my turn to return
You can't sell us what you steal
We won't buy what isn't real, eh-eh-eh
Our lives aren't secure
Our hearts won't endure
Fuck you and your
Ways
Fuck you and all your ways
(Fuck you and all your ways) Re-re-re-re-
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, re-
The pact is made, we sold our souls for nothing more
The strands of life were once frayed and now we're sacred and afraid
Living out the dreams that seem to be delayed
Que somos libre' pero un cancer
You say that you have found the answer
The future's not for me, in your society
The light you see is never what it seems to be
Confusion, illusion
The nation that you took from me is one in which I won't burn
Because you won't learn
That this is my turn to return
You can't sell us what you steal
We won't buy what isn't real, eh-eh-eh
Our lives aren't secure
Our hearts won't endure
Fuck you and your
Ways
Y mi futuro es negro, que yo soy un peligro
The vision that is sold just never seems to grow
The life that you cannot mold, tú dices que es tu dolor
The fact is played, the story's old, I'm fucking cold
To be like you and have your actions
To buy into the new perceptions
Of how my life should be, the vision I should see
The future and the light is not what seems to be
Confusion, illusion
The nation that you took from me is one in which I won't burn
Because you won't learn
That this is my turn to return
You can't sell us what you steal
We won't buy what isn't real, eh-eh-eh
Our lives aren't secure
Our hearts won't endure
Fuck you and your
Ways
Fuck you and all your ways
(Fuck you and all your ways) Re-re-re-re-
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, revolution
Revolución, re-
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"That we are free but a cancer"
Pretty good band. As for the meaning, I guess it deals with revolution.