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.

Era Un Anarquista Adolescente

Era un anarquista adolescente, buscando por una revolución.
Tenía el estilo, tenía la ambición.
He leído todos los autores, sabía los eslogans correctos.
No había guerra sino la lucha de clases.
Estaba listo para prender fuego el mundo
Era un anarquista adolescente, buscando por una revolución.

¿Recuerdas cuando tú eras joven y querías prender fuego el mundo?
Era un anarquista adolescente, pero la política era muy conveniente.
Y con la libertad como doctrina, ¿adivina quien era la nueva autoridad?
Era un anarquista adolescente, pero la política era muy conveniente.

¿Recuerdas cuando tú eras joven y querías prender fuego el mundo?

Era un anarquista adolescente, pero luego la escena se puso demasiado rígida.
Erau na mentalidad turba, pusieron su mirada de rifles en mí.
Visiones estrechas de autonomía, querías que yo me rindiera mi identidad.
Era un anarquista adolescente, la revolución era una mentira

¿Recuerdas cuando tú eras joven y querías prender fuego el mundo?

Era un anarquista adolescente