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