Stephen Brackett - White Flag Warrior lyrics

[Intro: Jonny 5] We request to negotiate We come to you unarmed We desire to communicate You cannot do us harm [Verse I: Jonny 5] They want sacrifice They have schemes and ask me to follow their path to the afterlife I've got an appetite For nice things and pipe dreams that my enemies could be blasted by Ooh metaphors Views that are better for you can't survive or find your competitor Rise together Or Fight separate wars I pray I'm never forced to be a predator [Brer Rabbit] Spectres spectate We won't last They're glad to hate When gladiators Breathe their last Scream en ma**e When the dreams do clash Like swords in the war Let me bleed on that But they feed on that Say we need strong backs Call us weak And don't redeem contracts But the feast won't last When this beast attacks The sons and the fathers Will be free at last [Pre-Chorus: Jonny 5 (Tim McIlrath)] (This is love, it's not treason)(x4) They see sharks in the estuary They claim the ark is Bartholomew's They say war is necessary But we say war is child abuse [Chorus: Tim McIlrath (Jonny 5)] We'd rather make our children (We request to negotiate) Martyrs than murderers (We come to you unarmed) We'd rather make our children (We desire to communicate) White Flag Warriors (You cannot do us harm) [Verse II: Brer Rabbit] Core-to-core Were the one's we've been waiting for We hold steady Steadier than stevedores Not tevias or matadors On matters of what came before Forgive the debts And settle scores And test the mettle Either/or What's your plan go to do with me? If the bell tolls, let freedom ring And find the new ways if we must be king Instead of leading the young to our suffering [Jonny 5] We pa** testaments down scream back at heaven For testing us like Wednesday's at 11 Want to recruit and train us to act evilly Save it for the shooting range And smack DVDs Won't study war no more this millennium It's never again for me or anyone So think harder when you refer to us Rather make our children martyrs than murders [Pre-Chorus: Jonny 5 (Tim McIlrath)] (This is love, this is not treason)x4 They shell dwellings to quell the shellings (This is love) And lift taboos to seduce the cowards (This is not treason) They say we're too yellow bellied (This is love) But we say we're the new superpower (This is not treason) [Chorus: Tim McIlrath (Jonny 5)] We'd rather make our children (We request to negotiate) Martyrs than murderers (We come to you unarmed) We'd rather make our children (We desire to communicate) White Flag Warriors (You cannot do us harm) [Bridge: Jonny 5] We seek ways to not be liable (This is love) We claim to speak for a higher truth (This is not treason) We stand opposed to the homicidal (This is love) We tell you you are fire proof (This is not treason) [Chorus: Tim McIlrath & (Jonny 5)] We'd rather make our children (We request to negotiate) Martyrs than murderers (We come to you unarmed) We'd rather make our children (We desire to communicate) White Flag Warriors We'd rather make our children We'd rather make our children We'd rather make our children We'd rather make our children [Coda: Jonny 5] Do what you want to our courage Ask us what you will Demand from us a sacrifice But do not make us k**