War That No One Won - Serj Tankian Poetry

[benstatsneb]

just saying but if he made a religion I would spleef all over the walls in my house

[MAKTIAS]

DUDE IN MY OPINION WE CAN COMPARE Luis de Camoes (for those who don't know he was a great portuguese poet).Nice work serj :D

[zrinkaKokainka]

I WANT HIM AS A PRESIDENT OF USA NOW!!!

[NipponGor]

at first i thought it was fake video XD

[xShadowDarkX]

I really like this one actually. I'm quite a fan of slam poetry and his rhythm is right on cue. props to serj haha

[thisworldofsound]

Now is his best.

[boblobsumo]

part of the poem came from one of soads unreleased song called patterns

[sirbud1]

@boblobsumo no...it came from soad's cover of a song called patterns

[boblobsumo]

@sirbud1 oh i dont no what i was thinking when i wrote my comment thats what i meant

[sirbud1]

@boblobsumo lol yea shit happens

[salvationarmyfan13]

Best poem ever, I wouldn't be able to come up with anything like that

[Soad4Life1604]

SERJ FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

[MRitssecret]

11111.

[MusicalMisanthropist]

probably my favorite poem by him

[LunarDragonWolfess]

oh my god i love this man

[crustpit]

war that no one one one one one

[phillyvinilli]

It's his delivery

[IstalkBananas]

This man is a genius!

[xFlawful]

He's such a beautiful poet.

[NorefusalsKills]

you can say that again.

[xSUPERSONICx99]

Serj for president!

[TheFrigginAwesome]

I love Serj! Yea, Ima dude, I'm not gay, but he is my favorite person in the world! He has a great poltical view and is an amazing musician!! HE IS SO AWESOME! XD

[Shadow022393]

How is it that one man knows more than everyone in the White House?

[NarutoMaster016]

pretending that we live does not make us alive

[BeLiketheSquerrl]

hair stands up everytime

[BlackArmy6]

I can't find this in the book :P, does anyone know the page!?!?!

[Xxthemezmerizedx]

@BlackArmy6 its not in ther he made that poem in 2006

[MertOKTN]

Serj would become an amazing MC and I'm glad that he did not choose that way.

[187uhoh]

SYSTEM HAS TOUR DATES SET UP IN 2011 systemofadown(dot)com for details

[Mastermax345]

thumbs if you recognized the lyrics from Patterns in that poem

[XxPuddinSlayerxX]

17ppl were from Turkey

[hellboycbz]

lets find these 17 pussies n kill em all !!!!!!

[OurBackToTheDark]

President...have you all lost your minds? I am a fan, but he is an artist, not cut out for the job of president. Grow up please

[solutor102]

@OurBackToTheDark fuck youuuuuuu

[juanlarios666]

@OurBackToTheDark if he becomes a president...there won't be great music...he's only an idol....president...i really doubt he would take it also lol

[METALHEADTOU]

@OurBackToTheDark  and obama is???

[MetalCore242]

Serj for presedent

[OMGZreno]

@IAINoodle Sounds almost worth it xD

[IAINoodle]

@OMGZreno

oh yeah, deffo haha

i'd vote for him

[IAINoodle]

if serj was president we'd all be high and nothing would get done

we'd officially be the worst/best generation ever as well as the last

[max27889]

@IAINoodle ?

[IAINoodle]

@max27889 might i suggest a sentence to go with that punctuation...

[MultiMasss]

what...the...hell

[slorr55]

Sounds like he is saying 911

Still cool

[pitypig16]

serj couldn't be president!!!!

you can here it in his songs and poetries!

he is against the amerikan way of democratie! he wants the world to be free of everything!

[mar1shant1]

fantastico!

[metalheadoj666]

Last few lines are in a song that serj did with tony iommi.

[KingDerekx]

"PREEEETEENDING THAAT WE SEEE DOESN'T GIIIIVE UUUS THE SIIIIIIGHT! PREEEETEEENDING THAAAT WEE LIIIVE DOOESN'T MAAAKE UUUS ALLIIIIIIIIIVE!!!"--Patterns by SOAD + METALLICA!!!

[pocketmoney123]

i cannot stop listening to this... so beautiful

[nukebacon876]

this is like a rap! XD

[AnthonyDoesSOADcover]

@nukebacon876 fuck you its not that at all u dick serj would never do rap

[nukebacon876]

@AnthonyDoesSOADcover chill the fuck out!!!!!!!!!!

and it's a different kind of rap style i'm thinking of!

[tehpeasant]

@AnthonyDoesSOADcover chill down

it would be awesome if he would do rap, just because everything he does is awesome

[AnthonyDoesSOADcover]

@tehpeasant i would listen to him rap but rap is fuckin gay

[Ono42012]

@AnthonyDoesSOADcover i hate to burst your bubble but theres actually a pretty awesome rap serj does with some guys from wu-tang clan you should check it out its called shame on the nigga

[AnthonyDoesSOADcover]

@Ono42012 dude thats not reall considered rap

[Ono42012]

@AnthonyDoesSOADcover really? it is classic serj style but in light of wu tang being there i feel like he was goin for more of a rap infused style or somethin like that

[ThatFilthyChoch]

@AnthonyDoesSOADcover System of a Down ft. Wu-Tang Clan-Shame on a nigga is rap holmes. Even Shavo the bassist has a rap group now.

[CubertBeMySuitePee]

@93kd11 Yeah, I think so too.

[Ibik]

awesome guy

[REDARMYAIRSOFT7]

This guy is like shake spear the 2nd and he sings

[WorthWatchingVv]

i honestly could really see this guy being president. i know sounds crazy and immature since I'm 15, but he really has sense and a vision. besides, every pres. we've had since the 40's has been on the same agenda to a NWO.

[aqswize]

@WorthWatchingVv except for jfk

[xXJOKERBULLETXx]

arriva serj tankian...abajo obama.......serj tankian para presidentee yeahhhh

[CHAOSoriginal]

Out of all his poems, this is my favorite one one one.

[CubertBeMySuitePee]

He Stated Some Lyrics From The Song Patterns

[FuckTheSultann]

Serj Tankian Should be president.

[xmyxaccountx]

hes just extremely awesome XD

[xXpoisonwasthecureXx]

read this book today

very incisive

opens up the mind and blows it clear away

Serj is the greatest

"To Mock A Killing Bird"

[vittaligo]

@xXpoisonwasthecureXx to mock a killing bird? thats the book correct?

[xXpoisonwasthecureXx]

no, the book is called "Cool Gardens"

I was taking a quote from "Day or Night"

[vittaligo]

@xXpoisonwasthecureXx Oh I know what the name of Serj's book is I was thinking you where talking about another book and it caught my attention. I actually tried to get my hands on Cool Gardens but was unable to its discontinued in certain stores

[usuckmoron]

serj for president!

[TheMallakia]

Serj for president!!!!!!!!

[BetterThenI]

@TheMallakia SERJ FOR GOD!!!!

[TheMallakia]

@BetterThenI

I know, what do you mean, but ...no, Serj could be a very good god for someone, but GOD is not Serj :) You know... But I could bet, that Serj could be a very good dictator XD.

[bafflea9]

@TheMallakia if only he could be. the law makes it so that only american born citizens can be president. but since daron was born in LA, he could be presiden and serj could be vice president. Shavo could be the secretary since he use to manage SOAD in the early days. And finally John could be treaserer for no particular reason. pure awesomeness

[sohltofang]

@TheMallakia

Can't wait for a department of truth.

[slorr55]

Sounds like No 911

[adamjanga]

MTV? I thought they hated MTV.....

[ThEMuShRoOmCuLt]

Serj tankian is the greatest man.

what i wouldnt give to just sit with him and let him tell me about his views on everything i dont think i would ever get bored.

hes so cute!

i love his hair

[andi19]

well part of this is patterns. the part where he says pretending that we see doesn't give us sight and pretending that we live doesnt make us alive.

but the fort knox part reminds me of B.Y.O.B.

[ProjectBKill]

Y'know, I bought his book and I have to say I love every bit of it, but it doesn't have the "War That No One Won" poem.That kinda disappointed me but nonetheless, it's still a pretty badass book.

[cerebralwolf666]

i love it its so true about wat he s talkin about

[limoguy333]

i just listened to this about 50 times in a row....

[juanlarios666]

didn't you know that we saw the war that fallen off, behind the shadows that we never seen it by far, isn't it that we cheer to see our fathers behind the enemy's lines because came this far, the president would like to give us a fucking stare, that cripple grin that shines us behind our forsaken stairs? nobody cares about the riot beyond the seas, i guess we believe that the moon aveil'd without remorse in our dead sons, but we don't listen to the genocide that was across our stream....

[amerrique]

i agreee

[WeiRdD0dE]

i like his long hair

[Devlen68]

i thnk its about the civil war.....

[RazrHammet]

U sound like a racist moron

[soadpsychogroupy]

@ Jacob00002 haha toootally, and i thought i was the only one that saw that

[ryukishin4]

my god he is truely god

[qwerty134]

one word, douche

[burak228]

fuck u

[powerbomb9999]

thats amazing how powerful that really is

[beegburd]

YAY serj!

[john73a]

i think he based this poem of byob or vice versa

[Chickenjuicedrinker]

@John73a: That's what I thought too.

[Jacob00002]

Patterns duh

[KudlatySzatan]

Can any one tell me what he say ? i mean is cool but i dont understud xD

[Amon213]

"War that no one won,won, won won

War that no one won won won won

They broke into Fort Knox and stole the time of the shiny dream of a nation war that no one won won won

Leaving behind the unmistakable residue of dripping oil war that no one won won won

Our paying bodies everywhere Everywhere where we dont stare.

Spare us all your dubious stare

Pretending that your being fair

Pretending that we see does not give us sight

Pretending that we live does not make us alive

War that know one won"

[DaronsGirl94]

i loved cool gardens. he is an amazing poet. i cant wait for his new album and book to come out.

[blakvswite]

i bought the book but it didnt ave this poem in it and everywhere i look it says it on the last page? it says it has 96 pages but i only have 94

[darkrequiem0]

Serj for god tier.

[CamelRyder09]

fuck the haters

this is the truth we all need to follow is words

[qwerty134]

yes...YES ! he is the true mesiah

fuck obama, serj for president

[Gawdzly]

I agree

[MasterofMetallica08]

hell yeah

[23cornchip]

@qwerty134 it's almost like the second coming we were all promised, huh?

[DearSantaclaus]

@qwerty134 obama and serj r homies lol

[jorge8453]

@DearSantaclaus No! FUCK OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!

[ImNazelis79]

@qwerty134 Serj is too decent to be president! Men with integrity do not get elected.

[nicholas5674]

@qwerty134 serj is a musician you dumb ass!

[Chickenchowname]

Serj is so cool

[GotNub]

at least he has a mother and sister, not like your whore and whore junior.

[john73a]

serj is god i just got his book a week ago it has some messages that make you think and some that just come out and speak the truth amazing it also came autographed

[musicfreak9000]

lol he should be a raper too :P

[Friiiiick]

I don't think that's a good idea...

As much as I like Serj I don't really think he should go around sticking his cock in people.

[musicfreak9000]

no i mean i REAL rapper, like immortal technique or ill bill

[Friiiiick]

As opposed to a raper, who goes around raping.

Seriously, always check for typos.

[M1chl42]

I had to laugh so much about your comments, that I lost my grip on my food. :D

[Friiiiick]

Why thank you.

It's always nice to get complimentary replies on YouTube (partly because it's so fucking rare)

[Anon1696]

Stop fighting, you look retarded.

[OMGdoit3]

omg he is a rapper

[brendalsky]

no its poetry

[OMGdoit3]

OH REALLLLYYYY ?!?!!? ( DUMBASS)

[MrJackk24]

SERJ!!!!, ooo ya, (hey richard)

[System3007]

You can tell they built this idea into Byob :D theres a couple poems off cool gardens that SOAD kind of brough the theme to a song.

[czornobrywyj1]

crazy good

[armojobrofreak]

i love this poem i have the book!! but he looks like a khent!!! I LOVE HIM SOO MUCH!!

[ltdaxter786]

im glad hes against war :D

[thetrevistabomb]

Go serj!

[MellowDramatic07]

i love serj and his book is amazing!!!! i read it almost every day.

[stenerkasper]

what book?

he wrote a book?

What is the name of the book?

[Amon213]

its call Cool Gardens and i am currently looking for it

[stenerkasper]

thanks that helped a lot :-)

[Amon213]

no problem

[diegokobe]

you can buy it on amazon :)

[Amon213]

yeah i know i dont have a credit card lol

[MellowDramatic07]

it's cool gardens. you can get it on amazon

[slorr55]

it sounds like 911 insted then no one won

[neovid13]

hahaahaha, i notice that too

[serjtankianisawesome]

Awesome.

[codyz1112594]

the war that no one won won. lol its such a good poem

[benrose61]

OMG why do some people get so much talent lol Serj Tankian IS a GOD

[shoootth]

Serj is armenian not lebanese -.-" Serj is a genio. Back System guy..please world need system

[vileville999]

he was actually born in beirut, lebanon so he is lebanese-armenian-american haha

[yel3anhal3iche]

SERJ TANKIAN is awesome I think he is great because he's LEBANESE !!!

[redsoxmb545]

Despite living in Lebanon for quite some time, Serj is Armenian.

[ravenxslayer]

@redsoxmb545 I thought that was Daran who was Armanian.

[redsoxmb545]

@ravenxslayer, all member of System of a Down have Armenian ancestry.

[daronrox15]

hahah serj is so rad

[dancinglesbians]

Admit it, the poem is really fucking stupid.

[lufc550]

The poem is good, you have to learn to appreciate poetry

[Koptfoeva]

its not gay its just slam poetrey, and guess what anyu song you ever listend to was a poem with music ,this could be a popular song with doubel kick and guitar behind it ,take a song you like and just read the lyrics and dont think about the music, usaly it sounds like shit,but the music gives it feeling

[narutoandbleachfan4]

'O NO YOU DIDN"T!!!!!!

[shavoisgod]

admit it, you're really fucking stupid. Just because you dont share someone's political views, doesnt mean you should knock it.

[TrelosKatalhpsias]

Though I Know that they are Held from Armenia they are americans in fact and they concider themselves Americans too to saying bad thing because of their Heritage Is Plain Stupid! All Americans were once europeans It's Like Calling An American Band English Colonist !!!!!!!!!

[MrORLY]

All of them except daron were born outside of America you idiot.

[shavoisgod]

TrelosKatalhpsias---

SHUT UP!!! You have no idea what you're talking about, why would you watch a video or search for a band that you clearly dont like. FOOL!

[TrelosKatalhpsias]

OK SHUT IT... My intentions were good I Love this band bought all their albums and... I Don't give a Fuck What you think...

this comment is just so I Am Not misunderstood..

[Jogus123]

Serj is my god,, it's my fucking god

[slagalicas]

yeah your right redsoxmb545

[cowcowcower]

that was amazing

[SigmaStudioz]

usually i am not the biggest fan of poetry, but Serj nailed it right there. 5/5.

[pandemichalo92]

Hey, let's make a religion and worship Serj. He could be god, and Daron alakian could be Jesus, and Shavo and John could be like Isac and Moses or something XD

[zevvay]

serj dammit! thats the greatest idea ever! daron malakian sum1 should have thought of this sooner!

[utterfree]

shut the fuck up, that's ignorant!

[pandemichalo92]

why did'nt anyone like that comment?

[utterfree]

im sorry man its just silly...he's an artist, hes not GOD...he is a human being ;) happy new year peace (im deleting my old respones...im sorry)

[utterfree]

oh...i just realize i cant delete it (the user should be the one to do it)..I'm sorry

[pandemichalo92]

ok, good to see someone different from all the other people telling me to fuck no matter what i say :P Happy new year ;) your right btw

[enders98]

Fuck u utterfree(GAY). they should be a religion, the world would be a better place