american bad dream

remember when ninth grade was about getting laid

skipping class tryin' not to get caught

now you gotta take a test in a bullet proof vest

scared to death that you might get shot

it's like i just closed my eyes

everybody started fallin' for the devil's disguise

that hides behind the lies

that hides

the truth and i just can't take it no more

so wake me up

from this american bad dream

is it this messed up?

or is it really reality?

i'm becoming numb

to all of this tragedy

somebody wake me up

from this american bad dream

from this american bad dream

i remember going 10 over the limit would just get you a ticket

just an inconvenience gettin' stopped

bad cops played the jury made the good ones worry

about showing up and doing their job

it's like i just closed my eyes

everybody started fallin' for the devil's disguise

that hides behind the lies

that hides

the truth and i just can't take it no more

so wake me up

from this american bad dream

is it this messed up?

or is it really reality?

i'm becoming numb

to all of this tragedy

somebody wake me up

from this american bad dream

yeah this american bad dream

from this american bad dream

ooh

it's like i just closed my eyes

everybody started fallin' for the devil's disguise

damn

so wake me up

from this american bad dream

is it this messed up?

or is it really reality?

i'm becoming numb

to all of this tragedy

somebody wake me up

from this american bad dream

from this american bad dream

wake me up

wake me up

wake me up from this american bad dream

from this american bad dream