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