Tankard - Syrian Nightmare Lyrics






Flashes from the missiles - fire in the sky
Bombardments hammer down
Howling of projectiles louder than the cries
I'm running alone

Fleeing from the soldiers - rebel groups alike
Surrounding our town
Killing the civilians - there's no place to hide
No mosque - no playground

When torture, pain & violence become daily routine
My eyes have no more tears left - too much grief I've seen

Syrian nightmare - calamity
The world is just watching in passive lethargy
Syrian nightmare - why should I pray?
The world is just watching the death toll anyway

Our so called leaders slaying us for years
Poison gas policy
Cruel interrogations, people disappear
War crimes, beastly

Many fled the country - millions like I'm told
Now I am one of them
You can call me Ahmed, I am 10 years old
Will I live again?

When torture, pain & violence become daily routine
My eyes have no more tears left - too much grief I've seen

Syrian nightmare - calamity
The world is just watching in passive lethargy
Syrian nightmare - why should I pray?
The world is just watching the death toll anyway

When torture, pain & violence become daily routine
My eyes have no more tears left - too much grief I've seen

Syrian nightmare - calamity
The world is just watching in passive lethargy
Syrian nightmare - why should I pray?
The world is just watching the death toll anyway

Syrian nightmare - calamity
The world is just watching in passive lethargy
Syrian nightmare - why should I pray?
The world is just watching the death toll anyway





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  1. p.... m....

    sounds better at 1.5 setting playback speed or higher

  2. p.... m....

    "pipelines for oil, Usa regime change , foreign soil, backed by CIA "

  3. R.... M....

    there already Iraqis, Afghani, this nightmare and now they wanna start it again at Iran, danke for your decision oma, we'll remember your kindness and tell it to our children, alle gute oma 🙏🏾 GBU

  4. M.... O....

    This is a heroic band, the Syrian's are the victims to the Jews and to the policies we have against them is extremely political incorrect...

  5. A.... Z....

    Pure fucking trash metal \m/

  6. s.... ....

    Danke TANKARD

  7. X.... B....

    Powerful lyric

  8. K.... M....

    Muy buena canción , aguante tankard y argentina

  9. T.... ....

    https://www.facebook.com/Monsters-Of-Heavy-Metal-292986980715949/

  10. k.... ....

    Excelente cancion , aguante tankard , la cerveza y argentina

  11. d.... a....

    Fucking kickass \m/

  12. I.... L....

    Tankard is a machine. Just saying!!!

  13. M.... S....

    Sollten mal besser ein Lied über Minderjährige mit grauen Vollbärten machen, die von uns vollalimentiert werden und zum Dank in der Provinz kleine Mädchen messern. Hätte auch einen deutlich zynistischeren Unterton, was Tankard gut zu Gesicht stünde.

    M.... S....

    Ja ist bestimmt tausendfach schlimmer und bedeudungsvoller als der Syrische Bürgerkrieg, in dem Hunderttausende Menschen ums Leben gekommen sind und außerdem die Millionen, die zwangsweise geflüchtet sind.

  14. T.... ....

    Tankard is still so fucking good after all these years.  I wish they would play some shows in the US.

  15. A.... M....

    Nice to see a band play a Metal song about our story !

    Keep it up

  16. M.... ....

    Sooooo goooood

  17. g.... ....

    amazing song

  18. N.... ....

    I'll always love TANKARD, but this is just reactionary commentary that doesn't really add up to anything. This band's lyrical commentary used to be bigger than just complaints about the latest "blues news." Gotta give these old guys credit for dishing out the musical chops, though.

  19. W.... E....

    THANKS TANKARD , LOVE U FROM MY HEART

  20. S.... A....

    like this

  21. D.... C....

    Se escuchan vien sodom

  22. G.... K....

    wtf are you talking about "the world is just watching?" the whole f'n world is arming proxies in Syria to destroy Syria

  23. D.... H....

    Hail to the Syrian ppl and their legitimate leader Al-Assad.
    Like French newly elected president said, Assad is the only valid option to run the country once the foreign proxy -forces and US are forced out.
    Same as in Iraq and Libya, the secular "dictatorship" is better than any utopia of a "democracy".
    For foreign powers it has never been about anything besides (petro)dollar and geopolitics. May the force be with you, Syrians!

    D.... H....

    Assad is also shit

  24. S.... ....

    2:46
    Why do I see this stock video material everywhere? :D
    Doesn't the label have a big enough budget to not not be reliant on stock material?

  25. r.... ....

    I love this album the best album TANKARD of the years !!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. W.... B....

    all these idiots arguing over politics and here i am just enjoying the song. who cares what a band writes about just enjoy the fucking music!

  27. T.... ....

    :( Syrian friend stay strong i wish i could help you

  28. g.... ....

    "You can call me Ahmed, I am 10 years old [...] will I live again" ... feels weird listening to these guys getting all political.
    Tankard should stick to writing their songs about party, drinking and beer and let those talk about politics who are a little bit more elegant in writing political lyrics :D

  29. H.... A....

    Wow, this song is really fuckin' amazing!

  30. E.... T....

    piss dich 🐷

  31. a.... p....

    #FUCK YOU ISRAEL , USA
    #SAVE SYRIA
    #CHEERS FROM INDONESIA

  32. D.... l....

    seems Running Wild

  33. J.... ....

    i can't stop head banging

  34. C.... B....

    تبا يارجل انها بلدي سوريا

  35. B.... A....

    Hang asshole Assad for war crimes

  36. L.... O....

    yeah 🤘💀🤘 great thrash old school

  37. R.... R....

    Long live Syria ! Fuck off NATO and ISIL

  38. T.... &....

    This song sounds exactly like "War Cry" from R.I.B. album.

  39. F.... F....

    Wait, what?! Tankard? Song not about beer? This is some other Tankard, but stiil good :)

  40. r.... a....

    And now murica bombs the unique who defeats Isis, fuck USA, long live to bashar al Assad, murica finances terrorists in syria for Arabian business conflicts of oil

  41. a.... ....

    The comment section. Wow. Brain dead much?

    a.... ....

    Like hoy?

  42. A.... S....

    So killer of a riff! and so unfortunately true.
    Thank you Tankard, as a Middle Eastern metalhead, for this video and this message.
    This and Arena of True Lies are among the most poignant metal music ever made

  43. g.... ....

    I'm Syrian woooow thanks for this song Tankard awesome keep it up and freedom to Syria \m/

  44. J.... ....

    new syrian national anthem, anyone?

    J.... ....

    Yes please

  45. P.... A....

    Beerian Nightmare

  46. G.... ....

    Fuck Israel and zionism.

  47. P.... M....

    So wait is their new album out now

    P.... M....

    Peter Montesano you needed to ask this why?

    P.... M....

    @Gavin because I wanna get it

  48. a.... a....

    what a catchy song by tankard

  49. J.... P....

    alto tema!

  50. I.... G....

    God song 🍺🍻

  51. L.... M....

    Brasil
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thahQmCjbnE&t=37s

  52. A.... K....

    i'm from Syria and this song is sooooo true and i wanna say something i was reading the comments and a lot people hating and stuff and saying things is not true.
    when we started the revolution we wanted the Assad to leave but now even if he left noting is gonna happen because many counties supporting different sides and the war between the people won't stop unless if the other counties stopped giving them weapons for free so they kill each other and what is really happening right now at Syria all the the destroyed houses the other counties rebuilding them like (china, Iran, Russia..ect other counties) and they sell you your own house and if you said that was my house they say (we build it again you have no right for it anymore) just like what happen to my house they rebuild it now we don't have a house we have to buy it and there is a lot of things going on...things haven't been said...

  53. B.... G....

    Finally a thrash band with balls to make a song like this! Loved it! I have a friend here in Brazil who is Lebanese and I know how hard and sad is this part of the Earth :/

    Well done Tankard... Hugs from Brazil!

    B.... G....

    Bruno Guardiao eu tenho ascendência desse lixo, meu avô paterno nasceu no Líbano, fugiu pra cá por ser cristão ortodoxo, e te digo. Não prestam, Tenho parentes suniis, os "bonzinhos", que não pensam duas vezes em meter a mão na cara de mulheres e crianças! Raça desgraçada! Quero que se fodam!

  54. M.... ....

    Death to Russia, Assad, Ayatollah and every other scum on Earth! Long live USA and ISRAEL!!!

    M.... ....

    Duke Halttunen I just don't want to go down to your primitive level (:

    M.... ....

    Radical Atheist : I'm not even near the primitive level, on the contrary. Anti-'Murican's are most def not the aggressors / primitive ones.

    M.... ....

    Duke Halttunen I'm glad to discuss politics with you, but I don't want to have back&forth debate.

    M.... ....

    Radical Atheist All of these countrys are shit. Finnland is cool though.

    M.... ....

    Pagan Soldier Fuck pff, nazi scum.

  55. M.... M....

    ...and yet there is no punishment for the US after all this years.

  56. M.... M....

    I mean, when you compare how many americans or europeans and syrians have died... "It's terrorism!" they say, when at the other side of the world they slaughter with weapons of mass destruction

  57. A.... M....

    !!! !! !!!
    !!! !! !!!

  58. d.... ....

    Well done, Tankard!!

  59. R.... D....

    My heart is with the Syrians. Among the best people I've met in my life. A pleasure to teach German to them every day.

    R.... D....

    Roland Deschain
    Vielen Dank Herr Deschain

    R.... D....

    Lol Jews are semitic same as Arabs,religion does not change your genes you fucking moron.

  60. N.... M....

    Terrorists vs. totalitarian goverment, and the poor people in the middle, suffering the most the consequences.

    Fuck this world. Well done Tankard.

  61. J.... J....

    The lyrics are stronger than the music

  62. s.... ....

    I'm not used to tankard being this serious. Great fucking song.

  63. N.... N....

    fucking great album

  64. M.... ....

    sing this song to your Merkels party

  65. M.... l....

    Finally one band talking about it.

  66. J.... A....

    MUITO BOM ,,,,,,,,,,,,

  67. f.... ....

    Good song, needs more beer but still a good song

  68. N.... F....

    Perhaps it's my imagination, but I hear old Running Wild in it
    Good song though!

  69. R.... S....

    Please read a song for Yemen

  70. j.... u....

    NATO GO HOME¡¡¡

  71. S.... C....

    Fuck Islam! \m/

    S.... C....

    @Andreas Hansen catch yourself fucking on

    S.... C....

    Didn't understand sorry. But I think it's a waste of time to convince you, especially since you're on Youtube... so bye bye. Just, tell me, are you an american?

    S.... C....

    @Andreas Hansen no, Northern Irish and fed up with these bed clothes on their face fucks over her disrespecting our culture.

    S.... C....

    Fuck USAtan.
    This is not about Christianity and being a Muslim.
    Just another (petro)dollar war. F#ck the USA.

    S.... C....

    Shamyaza Cain All 3 world religions are shit.

  72. U.... I....

    This is what I call Thrash Metal.

  73. 6.... D....

    awesome song and I don't think they'll play this, they'll play Arena and One Foot

  74. S.... L....

    ¡Que buena canción! Saludos, desde Colombia :)

  75. D.... F....

    This is so fucking good and so true

  76. M.... O....

    Hey! I am in a Syrian metal band and we will most likely play this live!
    Although we are in a regime controlled area so I will most likely change the lyrics in that whole "interrogation" part
    Because I don't want to appear in a video similar to yours haha
    Rise the horns from Syria brothers \m/ we will plague their hearts

    M.... O....

    You are immune to ignorance? The irony is strong with this one.

    M.... O....

    We saw what Metal did to Russian Communism in 1991, now pray it happens in Syria as well!

    M.... O....

    What's your band called ??? I would love to check them out online !

    M.... O....

    @zzebra
    Yeah, this Syrian dude reminds me of the struggle East German and Polish bands had in the 80's with fucking communism.

    M.... O....

    @MUSTANG OUTLAWZ can u stop spreading this rumors ... and cut the bullshit.. i probably done more events in lattakia than u'll ever do .. cut the crap and stop buying people's sympathy 🙂🙂🙂

  77. K.... ....

    Fuck the middle east. Turn it all to glass.

    K.... ....

    yok bisi and, if if you not know the WWII was started with an atheist called Josef Stalin. read the book "Stalin's war" of Geoffrey Roberts.

    K.... ....

    Sorry for the late reply, but all you did was reaffirm my comment. We, the US, have no way to do shit right now without massive bloodshed.

    K.... ....

    .......A Full Scale Invasion.....of a nation in the midst of one of the bloodiest civil wars....in human history...with assad being assisted by the second most nuclear armed nation on planet earth....ARE YOU INSANE?

    K.... ....

    Well....arguably WWII started at any of these three points.
    1. The Spanish civil war ending, 1939.
    2. The Winter war, 1939-1940
    3. Or the Russo-German Invasion of Poland, which was spearheaded by Germany.
    and the 'stalin was an atheist' argument, means nothing.
    stalin doesn't represent all atheists.
    much in the same sense that the Westboro baptist church doesn't represent all of christianity.

  78. G.... H....

    Great Song

  79. C.... X....

    The reason the world does nothing is because if everyone got involved, it would evolve into global war. Everyones supporting different sides.

    C.... X....

    sad but true... i hate america and usa

    C.... X....

    Correction: You hate the Government.
    the average american has no involvement in Syria. The Government does, and soldiers are just following orders.
    blame the king not the pawn.

    C.... X....

    Yea, but I dont like americans in general ...

    C.... X....

    Its already is a proxy war, and yah, I doubt more involvement would improve the situation, since international interests are heavily conflicted.

  80. A.... B....

    Fuck the fucking coward regime!!!

    A.... B....

    Civilians are suffering due to the prolonged war between Israeli and American backed "rebels" (read: isis) and the lawful Syrian government. Do you think the civilian suffering will be ended if Assad is overthrown? Of course not, in fact, things will get worse for civilians. Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya are a historical testament to this. The only way to bring stability and peace to Syria is to keep Assad and his government in power and take out the rebel groups destabilizing the region

    A.... B....

    Pupper Faust Yeah..."take out the rebel group.." sounds like take out their own people(sunni)..:)

    A.... B....

    So what? If taking out a rebel group that is killing civilians and Syrian soldiers for foreign interests means saving thousands of civilians why wouldn't you. The toppling of Assad would create a vacuum in which there would be even more bloody fighting to determine a new ruling group. Not to mention foreign intervention and possible war between Russia, Israel and America and any other country that decides to jump in

    A.... B....

    @Pupper Faust U should write it like this..."as a pro Assad,i'll give my all support for the regime to killing the civilians who againts him and his goverment,to make sure he keep controlling this country..."it's more easy mate..:)

    A.... B....

    F#ck off and learn to read. No way in hell you can be European. Lacking the basic skills in intelligence and logic.
    I bet you're one of them simple 'Muricans :D

  81. A.... B....

    Love it,powerfull lyrics and music also..TANKARD\m/

  82. M.... S....

    iam a syrian and i say that this is true as hell the leaders kill us the rebels used to help us but jow they betrayed us and now everyone just want us dead meanwhile putin and assad are helping the zionists for the gas pipes

    M.... S....

    Brahim who support an infidel like assad and putin shall be put with them in hell

    M.... S....

    TheBlack Moon fascist? read "the way of the bondage" - Friedrich Hayek! you don't even know what is fascism.

    M.... S....

    TheBlack Moon I don't give a shit of what is happening there, I just don't want them coming to my homeland and starts to kill my conpatriots.

    M.... S....

    Saulo Camargo follow your leader and shoot yourself, nazi

  83. K.... ....

    Death to Zionists and Financiers!!

    K.... ....

    Poor Germany was thus forced to invade the World Bankers Federation of Poland and then continued defending itself throughout Europe and Africa, including concentration camps which were really means to convert banker jews into hard working up standing citizens. Do aliens come up at some point in your story too?

    K.... ....

    No, it is common knowledge that ethnic Germans were being slaughtered in Polish occupied German territory. The Poles refused to compromise or come to any agreements with the German government. The only options left were to invade or allow the slaughter of his own people continue. Africa held strategic value and Germany would not have been able to defend its borders against multiple world powers within its own borders.

    K.... ....

    Excuses and over-simplifications. Hitler himself gave multitude of reasons for the invasion of Poland and you taking one and over-dramatising it into some romantic rescue story shows how desperate you are. To legitimize Hitler you have to get very creative, no doubt about that. No other person in world history required more effort. Time to grow up from the teenage angst and face the facts, perhaps?

    K.... ....

    Don't forget about Reptilians, they too play a critical role in smearing the image of the angel Adolf.

    K.... ....

    Saulo Camargo There is nothing Nazi about hating Zionists

  84. P.... F....

    Isn't it funny how enemies of Israel are accused of having or using chemical weapons on civilians with little to no evidence?

    P.... F....

    Pupper Faust F right off snowflake

    P.... F....

    You've drunk the conspiracy theory Kool-aid.
    while I agree the Sarin gas attack video is very sketchy, and strangely timed a DAY AFTER trump said he wanted no involvement with the war in Syria, please dear god just stop with the 'THE JEWS DID IT!' conspiracy theories.

    P.... F....

    The Irate Metalhead israel was one of the chief purveyors of the gas attacks. Not to mention isis and israel have a communications line with one another, which was used to apologize to israel when isis forces accidentally attacked the idf. It is clear that isis are pawns of israel, whether you want to acknowledge this is your descision

    P.... F....

    Theres a lot of hearsay and conflicting narratives being pushed by different world players for different reasons. The guilt or innocence of a particular party should be decided by tangible evidence presented to international courts and not in the court of public opinion as dictated by corporate and state run media.

  85. K.... ....

    Bravo Jungs! 👍

  86. P.... D....

    Why are pro syrians happy? This song is against the regime and against so called rebel groups cause both kill civilians. It's just "pro civilians" and to be more helpful to migrants.

    P.... D....

    ffs dude, does your skull even consist a brain?

    P.... D....

    Nobody knows.

    P.... D....

    Maybe because of the shown flag the so called rebels deny it

    P.... D....

    It's funny they blame the regime in this song and didn't mention the true reason behind all this mess .

    P.... D....

    What should I pray?

  87. B.... J....

    pro syrian !! 🍺🍺

    B.... J....

    Yes. You said "its pro civilians Not pro Asad". Just add "and not pro USA". Because somentimes someones understand "pro civilians" as "pro-this-version-wich -are-declareted-by-USA". Simple

    B.... J....

    Александр Черных ohh sorry, but alot off people think this Song is pro Asad.

    B.... J....

    After words from lyrics about gas etc - and pro-Asad?(O_o)

    B.... J....

    BORRACHOAZUL JC since 2002 my country lost the democracy because a socialist president Who fucked with his own people and the economy. you guys are denying the democracy that my people wants back.

    B.... J....

    Александр Черных sure im agree with you !! ... as a question...wheres a one love syria concert?

  88. P.... P....

    Das ist Thrash!

  89. �.... �....

    На злобу дня !