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