Machine Gun

Lyrics

[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