White Flag Warrior

[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 & Brer Rabbit] 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 Spectres spectate We won't last They're glad to hate When gladiators Breathe their last Scream en masse 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: Tim McIlrath & Jonny 5] This is love, and not treason This is love, and not treason This is love, and not treason This is love, and not treason They see sharks in the estuary They claim the arch of 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 & Jonny 5] 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 ore 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 We pass 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: Tim McIlrath & Jonny 5] This is love, and not treason This is love, and not treason This is love, and not treason This is love, and not treason They shell dwellings to quell the shellings And lift taboos to seduce the cowards They say we're too yellow bellied But we say we're the new superpower [Chorus: Tim McIlrath & Jonny 5] [Bridge: Jonny 5] We seek ways to not be liable We claim to speak for a higher truth We stand opposed to the homicidal We tell you you are fire proof [Chorus: Tim McIlrath & Jonny 5] White Flag Warriors We'd rather make our children We'd rather make our children Do what you want to our courage Ask us what you will Demand from us a sacrifice But do not make us kill