Instrument of War

[Verse 1]

Make me an instrument of war

Lord, pack me my pistol, bring me my sword

Load me up with landmines, bury me in concubines

Take me downtown where the bullets are

[Verse 2]

See, I don’t take prisoners no more

They smell my blood and they hit the floor

So I let down rails, bind me up in chain mail

I’m going out to settle my score

[Verse 3]

I had some doubts before

They caught me up at my threshold

I had some doves before

I let 'em coo at my threshold

[Verse 4]

But now evеrything's changed

From all that, I am estranged

So I saddlеd my horse

I fed my birds down to the dogs of war

[Verse 5]

Well, you made me a woman

So you made me a whore

Built me a body

Then you showed me the door

You said I needed money

Then you told me what for

[Verse 6]

Yeah, you laid your heavy hands on me

You let him lay his heavy hands on me

So now I’m an instrument of war

Well, I’m made up of drones and a nuclear core

[Verse 7]

The peaceman’s a liar

It was the Lord who built the hellfire

And now he’s gonna see what I've got in store

He’s gonna see a woman that he built for war