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