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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 This is how the world ends 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 That's just what they told me, "Son, you could be a patriot" Dеfender of your country, protector of thе innocent We'll beat them with a clenched fist by order of your government They said we were the good guys, but what if we're the terrorists? This is how the world ends 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 Letras de cancionesThis is someone else’s war 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 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 From Letras Mania