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