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