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