[Verse 1]
This
This
This
This is
This is
This is
Jury still needs therapy two years after the trial is over

[Verse 2]
This is not
This is not
This is not
This is not the way, not the way, not the way
Soldiers torture prisoners in their boredom (Oh, oh)
More women joining army, being trained to kill (Oh, no, no)
Teenagers afraid to go to school

[Verse 3]
This is not the
This is not the
This, this is not the way (Not the way)
This is, this is not the way, not the way
This is not the way (This is not the way)
This is not the way
This is not the way things are supposed to be
[Bridge]
School bus, soldiers, gas masks
Machine guns, terrorist drill
Running through the bus
Children watching from the schoolyard
Bus driver, retired, war veteran (Oh, oh-oh, oh)
He turns to the TV camera
He tries to say (Oh)
He says (Oh-oh, oh, oh)
Choking
This
This is
This is not
This is not
This is not the the way things are supposed to be

[Verse 4]
This is not the way (This is not the way)
This is not (This is not, this is not)
This is
This