{"id":51608,"date":"2026-03-13T13:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51608"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:52:11","slug":"this-is-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/13\/this-is-war\/","title":{"rendered":"This is War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nMine eyes have seen the gory and the coming of the board:<br \/>\nShe is trampling out the vintage as she scrapes where death is stored;<br \/>\nShe hath loosed the fateful lightning of Her terrible swift sword:<br \/>\nDiscover&#8230; (Her truth is marching over)<br \/>\n[Instrumental &#8211; Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThe sky is burning<br \/>\n(Shadows collide)<br \/>\nNo one is turning<br \/>\n(Nowhere to hide)<\/p>\n<p>Walls crumble around us<br \/>\n(Feel the roar)<br \/>\nThe ground shakes beneath us<br \/>\n(This is war)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nAin\u2019t no battle no more<br \/>\n(No! This is war!)<\/p>\n<p>[Guitar Solo \u2013 Sharp, Angular]<br \/>\n[Synth Solo \u2013 Screaming, Rising]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nYou started a fight<br \/>\n(You thought you could finish)<br \/>\nCouldn&#8217;t see the light<br \/>\n(How you&#8217;d diminish)<\/p>\n<p>Rise from the ashes<br \/>\n(Face what you bore)<br \/>\nHear all the clashes<br \/>\n(This is war!)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nDiscover&#8230; (Her truth is marching over)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nEchoes of fury<br \/>\n(Thunder and flame)<br \/>\nNo room for mercy<br \/>\n(Nothing remains)<\/p>\n<p>Hearts beating faster<br \/>\n(Feel the sting)<br \/>\nThe world spins onward<br \/>\n(Chaos will bring)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Build]<br \/>\n[Percussion Crescendo, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nNever be the same as before<br \/>\n(This is war!)<br \/>\nThe fire consumes<br \/>\n(Nothing ignored)<\/p>\n<p>[Guitar Feedback, Synth Layers, Organ Crescendo]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Extended Jam]<br \/>\n[Organ Solo \u2013 Wailing, Sustained]<br \/>\n[Saxophone Solo \u2013 Tense, Screaming]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2013 Explosive, Angular]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Snare March, Percussion Roll]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 Finale]<br \/>\nYou started a fight<br \/>\n(You thought you could finish)<br \/>\nCouldn&#8217;t see the light<br \/>\n(How you&#8217;d diminish)<\/p>\n<p>Stand in defiance<br \/>\n(Hold through the gore)<br \/>\nNo more compliance<br \/>\n(This is war!)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nDiscover&#8230; (Her truth is marching over)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Guitar Harmonics, Sub Bass Fade]<br \/>\nThe smoke clears<br \/>\n(Nothing remains)<br \/>\nThe ground is scarred<br \/>\n(This is war)<\/p>\n<p>From whispers<br \/>\n(To the rumble)<br \/>\nFrom the rumble<br \/>\n(To the roar)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nGory, gory, hell &#8216;r you&#8230; ahh!<br \/>\nDiscover&#8230; (Her truth is marching over)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Fade: Snare March]<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rumble\/\">Rumble<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] Mine eyes have seen the gory and the coming of the board: She is trampling out the vintage as she scrapes where death is stored; She hath [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51609,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51608\/revisions\/51609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}