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]
C
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 Bm
I pray I'm never forced to be a predator
C
Spectres spectate
G
We wont last
D
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]
C
Core-to-core
G
Were the ones
We've been waiting for
D
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]
C G D
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