[Verse 1]
Saudi Arabia's drawing up a brand new alliance
Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt — a regional science
But notice who's absent from that gathering place
The UAE is sitting out, watching from a separate space
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, once bonded like cement
Now cracking at the Hormuz strait with every sharp dissent
A dispute over opening that narrow, crucial door
Is driving wedges deep between old partners to the core
[Chorus]
Gulf News, read the map again
Power shifting, alliances bending in the wind
Old friends measuring distance, new friends circling in
The Middle East in motion — July fifth, begin
[Verse 2]
America's anchor dragging slow from Riyadh toward the east
Jerusalem gaining gravity as tensions never ceased
Iran war fallout echoing across the desert sand
Washington recalculating where to plant its hand
Meanwhile China's private refiners moving fast and keen
Snapping up the sliding oil — the cheapest barrels seen
Middle East producers loading tankers, pushing through
Ship attacks cannot stop the crude from flowing into view
[Chorus]
Gulf News, read the map again
Power shifting, alliances bending in the wind
Old friends measuring distance, new friends circling in
The Middle East in motion — July fifth, begin
[Verse 3]
Gaza ceasefire language tangled up in smoke and wire
Negotiators circling back through corridors of fire
Lebanon still counting cost of every broken wall
Beirut rebuilding brick by brick — or not rebuilding at all
Sudan's forgotten war bleeds on beneath the radar's eye
Displacement camps in desert heat beneath an indifferent sky
The Arab street is watching every capital's next move
Every silence speaks as loud as any leader's chosen groove
[Chorus]
Gulf News, read the map again
Power shifting, alliances bending in the wind
Old friends measuring distance, new friends circling in
The Middle East in motion — July fifth, begin
[Bridge]
Ethiopians in Saudi cells, their families counting days
"His death has killed a part of me" — a mother's hollow gaze
Formula One wants its desert race back on the calendar slate
Domenicali searching for a slot before it gets too late
Every headline carries weight — a policy, a grief, a deal
The region spinning hard and fast on one enormous wheel
[Chorus]
Gulf News, read the map again
Power shifting, alliances bending in the wind
Old friends measuring distance, new friends circling in
The Middle East in motion — July fifth, begin
[Outro]
Saudi axis forming north, the UAE adrift
Hormuz waters under pressure, diplomacy won't shift
Oil still loading, LNG moving through the strait
Gulf News, July the fifth — annotate the date