Sing us a song of the century It sings like American Eulogy The dawn of my love and conspiracy Forgotten hope and the class of 13 Tell me a story into that goodnight Sing us a song for me Mass Hysteria Hysteria, mass hysteria! Mass hysteria! Mass hysteria! Mass hysteria! Red alert is the colour of panic Elevated to the point of static Beating into the hearts of the fanatics And the neighborhood's a loaded gun Idle thought lead to full-throttle screaming And the wellfare is asphyxiating Mass confusion is all the new age and it's creating a feeding ground for the bottom feeders of hysteria Hysteria, mass hysteria! Mass hysteria! Mass hysteria! Mass hysteria! True sounds of manacial laughter And the deafmute is misleading the choir The punchline is a natural disaster And it's sung by the unem