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