Intro
N.C.
We request to negotiate
N.C.
We come to you unarmed
N.C.
We desire to communicate
N.C.
You cannot do us harm
[verse 1]
G
They want sacrifice
D A E
They hatch schemes and ask me to follow their path to the afterlife
G
I've got an appetite
D A E
For nice things and pipe dreams that my enemies could be blasted by
G
New metaphors
D A E
View that are better for you can't survive if I'm your competitor
G D
Rise together or fight separate wars
A F#m
I pray I'm never forced to be a predator
G
Spectres spectate
D
We wont last
A
They glad to hate
When gladiators
E
Breathe their last
G
Scream en masse
D
When the dreams do clash
A
Like the swords in the wars
E
Let me bleed on that
G
But they feed on that
D
Say we need strong backs
A
Call us weak
E
If we don't redeem contracts
G
But the feast wont last
D
When this beast attacks
A
The sons and the fatherS
E
Will be free at last
G D
This is love this is not treason (x4)
[verse 2]
G D
They see sharks in the estuary
A E
They claim the arc's Bartholomew's
G D
They say war is necessary
A E
But we say war is child abuse
G D A
We'd rather make our children martyrs than murderers
G D A
We'd rather make our children White Flag Warriors
[verse 3]
G
Core-to-core
D
Were the ones
We've been waiting for
A
We hold steady
E
Steadier than stevedores
G D
Not tevias or matadors
A E
On matters of what came before
G
Forgive the debts
D
To settle scores
A
Test the mettle
E
Either or
G D
Whats your plan got to do with me
A E
If the bell tolls let freedom ring
G D
And find new ways if we must be King
A E
Instead of leading the young to our suffering
G D
We pass testaments down scream back at heaven
A E
For testing us like Wednesdays at eleven
G D
Wanna recruit and train us to act evilly?
A E
Save it for the shooting range and smack DVDs
G D
Won't study war no more this millennium
A E
It's never again to me or anyone
G D
So think harder when you refer to us
A E
Rather make our children martyrs than murderers
G D
This is love, this is not treason (x4)
[verse 4]
G D
They shell dwellings to quell the shelling
A E
They lift taboos to seduce the cowards
G D
They say we're too yellow-bellied
A E
But we say we're the new superpower
G D A
We'd rather make our children martyrs that murderers
G D A
We'd rather make our children white flag warriors
[verse 5]
G D
We seek waivers to not be liable
A E
We claim to speak for a higher truth
G D
We stand opposed to the homicidal
A E
We tell you you're fireproof
[outro]
G D A
We'd rather make our children martyrs that murderers
G D A G
We'd rather make our children white flag... warriors
G D
We'd rather make our children
G D
We'd rather make our children
G D
We'd rather make our children
G D
We'd rather make our children
G D
Do what you want to our courage
A E
Ask us what you will
G D
Demand from us a sacrifice
A E
But do not make us kill