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