Verse D# A# Gm F
That's just what they told me, "You could be a patriot"
D# A# Gm F
"Don’t you love your country? Don't you wanna die for it?"
D# A# Gm F
How could they enlist me? I was only 17
D# A# Gm F
It's better to be thankful than challenge their authority
[Chorus]
D# A#
This is how the world is
Gm F
This is how they suck you in
D# A#
Manipulate the broken
Gm F
To suffer every consequence
D# A#
They gave me a machine gun
Gm F
But I don’t wanna hurt no one
D# A#
There's nothing here to fight for
Gm F
This is someone else's war
[Verse 2]
D# A# Gm F
That's just what they told me, "Son, you could be a patriot"
D# A# Gm F
Defеnder of your country, protector of the innocеnt
D# A# Gm F
We'll beat 'em with a clenched fist by order of your government
D# A# Gm F
They said we were the good guys, but what if we're the terrorists?
[Chorus]
D# A#
This is how the world is
Gm F
This is how they suck you in
D# A#
Manipulate the broken
Gm F
To suffer every consequence
D# A#
They gave me a machine gun
Gm F
But I don’t wanna hurt no one
D# A#
There's nothing here to fight for
Gm F
This is someone else's war
[Instrumental Bridge]
D# A# Gm F
[Chorus]
D# A#
This is how the world is
Gm F
This is how they suck you in
D# A#
Manipulate the broken
Gm F
To suffer every consequence
D# A#
I'm only a statistic
Gm F
And no one even gives a shit
D# A#
The treatment for my shell shock (Yeah, yeah)
Gm F
Yeah, they won’t even pay for it
D# A#
I fired that machine gun
Gm F
I never meant to hurt no one
D# A#
And as my friends and foes bleed
Gm F
We satisfy a rich man's greed
[Outro]
D# A#
Maybe I don't know a damn thing
Gm F
I've never been through anything
D# A#
This is all I can be
Gm F
A# voice for someone else’s grief
D#
He fired that machine gun
N.C.
She never meant to hurt no one
N.C.
'Cause once you leave a headstone
N.C.
You never really make it home