Instrument of War

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 See I don't take prisoners no more They smell my blood and they hit the floor So I let down the rails Bind me up in chain mail And I'm going out to settle my score I had some doubts before They caught me up at my threshold And I had some doves before I let 'em coo at my threshold But now everything's changed And from all that I am estranged So I saddle my horse And fed my birds down To the dogs of war Well you made me a woman So you made me a whore You built me a body And then you showed me the door You said I needed money And then you told me what for 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 Your peaceman's a liar It was the Lord who built the hellfire And now he's gonna see what I got in store He's gonna see a woman That he built for war