I swallowed my pride and I choked on my faith
자존심은 치워 버렸고, 신앙에 숨이 막혀
I've given my heart and my soul
마음과 영혼도 포기당했네
I've broken my fingers and lied through my teeth
스스로 손가락을 부러뜨리고 거짓말을 내뱉었어
The pillar of damage control
튼튼한 기둥이라 말하며
I've been to the edge and I've thrown the bouquet
끝자락에 이르러 부케를 던졌네
Of flowers left over the grave
꽃은 무덤가에 흩어지고
I sat in the waiting room wasting my time
나는 대기실에 앉아 시간만 축내며
And waiting for judgement day
심판의 날을 기다리지

I praise liberty
자유를 찬미하라
"The Freedom to Obey"
"복종할 자유를!"
It's the song that strangles me
내 목을 조여 오는 이 노래
Well, don't cross the line
자, 그 선을 넘으면 안 돼

[Part 3]
Oh dream, America dream
아, 꿈이여, 아메리카 드림이여
I can't even sleep from the lights early dawn
새벽 빛으로 꿈조차 꿀 수 없는 걸
Oh scream, America scream
아, 절규하네, 미국이 절규하네
Believe what you see from heroes and cons
영웅들과 보수주의자, 그들로부터 보이는 것을 믿어.

I woke up to a bitter storm
매서운 폭풍우가 몰아닥친 걸 깨달았어
And Noah's Ark came washed up on the shore
그리고 노아의 방주는 해변에서 말끔히 청소를 했지
The riot gear has lined the dawn
전투장비는 여명에 정조준 되어 있어
Like dogs that shit on your neighbor's lawn
마치 남의 집 잔디밭에 똥을 눌 개처럼

Let freedom ring with all the crazies on parade
미치광이들이 거리행진 중에 평화를 외쳐도 그냥 그대로 두자
Let them eat poison and it tastes like lemonade
그들이 레몬에이드처럼 달콤한 맛을 가진 독약을 마시더라도 그냥 그대로 두자

Back in the USA for a small town serenade
고향의 세레나데가 있는 USA로 돌아가자
With fireworks on display
불꽃축제가 있는 그 곳으로
Tonight, it's a hero's welcome home
오늘밤은 영웅들의 귀환을 환영해
And there's no place to go
하지만 피할곳은 없지
And I'm taking it to the grave
나는 무덤까지 이걸 가지고 갈거야
Back in the USA
USA로 돌아가면 말이지

The saddest story ever told (bitter year)
지금까지의 이야기 중 가장 슬픈 것은
Is feeling safe in our suburban homes
네가 교외의 집에 있을 때조차 불안하지 않냐는 거야
Like soldiers of an endless war (bitter year)
마치 끝나지 않은것 같은 전쟁 중의 군인들처럼
Every church can have a liquor store
차라리 모든 교회가 술집을 하나씩 운영하는건 어때?

Let freedom ring with all the crazies on parade
미치광이들이 거리행진 중에 평화를 외쳐도 그냥 그대로 두자
Let them eat poison and it tastes like lemonade
그들이 레몬에이드처럼 달콤한 맛을 가진 독약을 마시더라도 그냥 그대로 두자

Back in the USA for a small town serenade
고향의 세레나데가 있는 USA로 돌아가자
With fireworks on display
불꽃축제가 있는 그곳으로
Tonight, it's a hero's welcome home
오늘밤은 영웅들의 귀환을 환영해
And there's no place to go
하지만 피할곳은 없지
And I'm taking it to the grave
나는 무덤까지 이걸 가지고 갈거야
Back in the USA
USA로 돌아가면 말이지.

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me, and I walk alone

She puts her makeup on
Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland
She's got her little book of conspiracies right in her hand
She is a paranoid endangered species headed into extinction
She is one of a kind
She's the last of the American Girls

She wears her overcoat for the coming of the nuclear winter
She is riding her bike like a fugitive of critical mass
She's on a hunger strike for the ones who won't make it for dinner
She makes enough to survive for a holiday of working class
She's a runaway of the establishment incorporated
She won't cooperate
She's the last of the American Girls

She plays her vinyl records singing songs on the eve of destruction
She's a sucker for all the criminals breaking the laws
She will come in first for the end of western civilization
She's an endless war, she's a hero for the lost cause
Like a hurricane in the heart of the devastation
She's a natural disaster
She's the last of the American Girls

She puts her makeup on
Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland
She's got her little book of conspiracies right in her hand
She will come in first for the end of western civilization
She's a natural disaster
She's the last of the American Girls

There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Oh oh oh oh and she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook
There's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiving

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who standing looking

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow
Don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
And it makes me wonder

Your head is humming and it won't go
In case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
And she's buying the stairway to heaven