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