Wasn't it long ago?   And wasn't it on a New England coast?   And wasn't it the standard people praying to   The Son and the Father and the Holy Ghost?      One nation over God, is that what we've now become?   The founding fathers left a noble legacy   To their sons and their daughters, to their sons and their daughters   And look at what we've done, and look at what we've done      Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   As we learn to bite the hand that tries to feed us   Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   If we say that we are free who will believe us?   If we breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   Breakdown, break      See the powder on the glass   See the pillow on the street   See the charter of a modern love   With no obligations or promises to meet      Hear the fear of disease, hear the baby never born   And hear a people crying out   "Somebody save us, oh, please somebody save us   From what we're headed for, from what we're headed for"      Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   As we learn to bite the hand that tries to feed us   Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   If we say that we are free who will believe us?   Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   As we learn to bite the hand that tries to feed us   Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown      Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   As we learn to bite the hand that tries to feed us   Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   If we say that we are free who will believe us?   Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   As we learn to bite the hand that tries to feed us      Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   If we say that we are free who will believe us?   If we breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown   If we say that we are free who will believe us?   If we breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown      Down, down, down   Down, down, down   Down, down, down   ...