[Verse 1]
That's just what they told me, "You could be a patriot"
"Don’t you love your country? Don't you wanna die for it?"
How could they enlist me? I was only 17
It's better to be thankful than challenge their authority

[Chorus]
This is how the world is
This is how they suck you in
Manipulate the broken
To suffer every consequence
They gave me a machine gun
But I don’t wanna hurt no one
There's nothing here to fight for
This is someone else's war

[Verse 2]
That's just what they told me, "Son, you could be a patriot"
Defеnder of your country, protector of the innocеnt
We'll beat 'em with a clenched fist by order of your government
They said we were the good guys, but what if we're the terrorists?

[Chorus]
This is how the world is
This is how they suck you in
Manipulate the broken
To suffer every consequence
They gave me a machine gun
But I don't wanna hurt no one
There’s nothing here to fight for
This is someone else’s war
[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
This is how the world ends
This is how they suck you in
Manipulate the broken
To suffer every consequence
I'm only a statistic
And no one even gives a shit
The treatment for my shell shock (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, they won’t even pay for it
I fired that machine gun
I never meant to hurt no one
And as my friends and foes bleed
We satisfy a rich man's greed

[Outro]
Maybe I don't know a damn thing
I've never been through anything
This is all I can be
A voice for someone else’s grief
He fired that machine gun
She never meant to hurt no one
'Cause once you leave a headstone
You never really make it home