I Was a Teenage Anarchist - Against Me!

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

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

I was a teenage anarchist