Introduction:
Song of the Century
The only way that I can interpret this as part of the story is an introduction. It lets you know that you're gonna be told a story, waging a war and losing the story is deeply emotional, louder than bombs and eternity. The story is set in a 21st Century world, and as we all know, the 21st century is a fucked up time. Now let's hear a story!
Chapter One:
21st Century Breakdown
"Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell." Let's just assume that this song is from Christian's point of view. If he was born into Nixon, then we can estimate around where his birthdate was, and because this was written by Billie Joe Armstrong, we'll just use his and assume that Christian was born in '72, in the 20th Century, which indicates that the real meat and potatoes of his life take place in the 21st can assume that Christian is the youngest in a group of siblings, yet most likely the smartest or first one to figure out the hell he was born into. "Last one born and the first one to run". There aren't many other references to his family, so we can gloss over that. Now, any reference to the Class of thirteen is kinda strange. This would indicate that he would have graduated in 2013. Luckily, the class of 13 seems to hold much purpose in the story, so we can't ignore that. The whole class of thirteen thing is most likely just a reference to one of BJA's sons, who is in the class of made of poison and blood, we can assume that Christian did drugs (no shit). This most likely references thing that confuses me is the line "raised by the bastards of 1969". This would make some sense, if Christian was born in 95, the class of 13. He would be the child of parents born into nixon, as Nixon was in office from '69 to '74. This indicates that the beginning of the song may not be from Christian's point of view, rather his parents. So now let's assume that Christian was born in '95. This is logical, as '95 is closer to the 21st century. Okay, so Christian was born in 95, was born into a group of siblings, and did drugs. Later, there's the line "Born on the fourth of July". Okay, So Christian is a drug addict born on July 4th, 1995. The song has many references to things that the narrator did in his past, so this song is most likely from an older Christian's view, thinking about the life he had in the 21st century.