i was a teenage anarchist

i was a teenage anarchist

looking for a revolution. i had the style

i had the ambition. i read all the authors

i knew the right slogans. there was no war but the class war. i was ready to set the world on fire. i was a teenage anarchist

looking for a revolution. do you remember when you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire?

i was a teenage anarchist

but the politics were too convenient. in the depths of their humanity all i saw was bloodless ideology. and with freedom as the doctrine

guess who was the new authority?

i was a teenage anarchist

but the politics were too convenient. do you remember when you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire?

i was a teenage anarchist

but then the scene got too rigid. it was a mob mentality

they set their rifle sights on me. narrow visions of autonomy

you want me to surrender my identity. i was a teenage anarchist

the revolution was a lie. do you remember when you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire?

i was a teenage anarchist.