{"id":40517,"date":"2025-01-18T12:56:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T12:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=40517"},"modified":"2025-01-18T12:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T12:56:34","slug":"what-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/01\/18\/what-war\/","title":{"rendered":"What War?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-War-0.mp3\"> What-War-0.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-War-0.mp4\"> What-War-0.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-War-I.mp3\"> What-War-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-War-I.mp4\"> What-War-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-War-Reprise.mp3\"> What-War-Reprise.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-War-prelude.mp3\"> What-War-prelude.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nin statu quo res erant ante bellum<br \/>\nin the state in which things were before the war<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIn status quo (I don&#8217;t know)<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<br \/>\nWhat war?<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n(At any rate:)<br \/>\nIn the state<br \/>\nIn which things were<br \/>\n(Before the war!)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nHere we go (go, go!)<br \/>\nBefore war<br \/>\n(Evermore!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nBefore counting heads<br \/>\n(Of all the dead)<br \/>\nBring them back to life<br \/>\n(Erase the strife!)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nHere we go (go, go!)<br \/>\nBefore war<br \/>\n(Evermore!)<br \/>\nHere we go (go, go!)<br \/>\nBefore war<br \/>\n(Evermore!)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n(At any rate:)<br \/>\nIn the state<br \/>\nIn which things were<br \/>\n(Before the war!)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nHere we go (go, go!)<br \/>\nBefore war<br \/>\n(Evermore!)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nThe term &#8220;status quo&#8221; comes from the Latin phrase &#8220;in statu quo res erant ante bellum&#8221;, meaning &#8220;in the state in which things were before the war.&#8221; Over time, it was shortened to status quo, referring to the current state or condition of things.<\/p>\n<p>It originated in diplomatic and legal contexts, where it was used to describe maintaining or restoring a prior state of affairs, particularly after conflicts or disputes. Today, it is widely used in various contexts to refer to the existing situation, especially when discussing resistance to change or preservation of norms.<\/p>\n<p>(So, I asked, &#8220;What war?&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>The Latin phrase &#8220;in statu quo res erant ante bellum&#8221; (meaning &#8220;in the state in which things were before the war&#8221;) doesn\u2019t refer to a specific war but was a general diplomatic term used in treaty negotiations. It was employed to describe the restoration of territories, relationships, or conditions to their state prior to a conflict.<\/p>\n<p>This concept became particularly prominent during the negotiations of European treaties in the early modern period, such as the Peace of Westphalia (1648) or the Congress of Vienna (1815), where the phrase was used to outline the goal of returning to a pre-war balance of power. The idea of &#8220;status quo&#8221; evolved from these contexts to its broader modern usage, describing the maintenance of an existing condition or resisting change in general.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/status-quo\/\">Status Quo<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What-War-0.mp3 What-War-0.mp4 What-War-I.mp3 What-War-I.mp4 What-War-Reprise.mp3 What-War-prelude.mp3 [Intro] in statu quo res erant ante bellum in the state in which things were before the war [Bridge] In status quo (I don&#8217;t know) [Instrumental, Guitar Solo] What war? [Refrain] (At any rate:) In the state In which things were (Before the war!) 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