That's just what they told meYou could be a patriotDon't you love your country?Don't you wanna die for it?How could they enlist me?I was only 17It's better to be thankfulThan challenge their authorityThis is how the world isThis is how they suck you inManipulate the brokenTo suffer every consequenceThey gave me a machine gunBut I don't wanna hurt no oneThere's nothing here to fight forThis is someone else's warThat's just what they told meSon, you could be a patriotDefender of your countryProtector of the innocentWe'll beat them with our gunsWith a clenched fistBy order of your governmentThey said we were the good guysBut what if we're the terrorists?This is how the world isThis is how they suck you inManipulate the brokenTo suffer every consequenceThey gave me a machine gunBut I don't wanna hurt no oneThere's nothing here to fight forThis is someone else's warThis is how the world endsThis is how they suck you inManipulate the brokenTo suffer every consequenceI'm only a statisticAnd no one even gives a *The treatment for my shell shotI'm only a stockYeah, they won't even pay for itI'll fire that machine gunI never meant to hurt no oneAnd as my friends and foes bleedWe satisfy a rich man's greedMaybe I don't know a damn thingMaybe I don't know a damn thingMaybe I don't know a damn thingMaybe I don't know a damn thingI've been through anythingThis is all I can beA voice for someone else's griefHe fired that machine gunShe never meant to hurt no oneCause once you leave a headstoneYou never really make it homeyou