[Verse 1] October closed the books, worst month since the war first swung, Ships through Hormuz dodging strikes with their engines young, Insurance premiums climbing like a kite in gale wind, Captains checking radar twice before they ever grin, A fifth of the planet's oil squeezes through this narrow door, One strip of water deciding if the market's lean or sore. [Verse 2] So traders pulling maps out, tracing lines around the block, Pipelines through the Emirates, a bypass round the lock, Red Sea route, the Cape of storms, the long way round for crude, Energy desks whispering "alternate" like it's a mood, Because when one door narrows, cargo finds another street, Barrels learning geography to keep the lights from going beat. [Chorus] Hormuz holding half a breath, the world watching close, Every tanker threading needle where the tension's most, Houthis still knocking, Saudi fending blow for blow, Gulf News, first of November, this is what we know. [Verse 3] Jazeera's asking questions 'bout the satellites up high, Houthi targeting getting sharper — Russian eyes in sky? Riyadh's air defense is running overtime again, While analysts count down the days until the midterms end, 'Cause the fear in Washington is war might light back up, Soon as ballots stop their counting, somebody fills a cup. [Chorus] Hormuz holding half a breath, the world watching close, Every tanker threading needle where the tension's most, Houthis still knocking, Saudi fending blow for blow, Gulf News, first of November, this is what we know. [Verse 4] Meanwhile over in Japan, September's numbers spin, UAE topped the tally, poured the most oil in, America came second, Saudi slid to third in line, Proof the map of who-sells-what keeps shifting all the time, Gulf capitals in meetings, scrambling round the clock, Trying to cool a fight between two giants they can't stop. [Verse 5] Down in Doha, diplomats are drafting quiet notes, Back-channel calls at midnight, counting votes and boats, Egypt watching Suez tolls go thin as traffic fades, While shipping giants recalculate their insurance trades, Everyone's got leverage, nobody wants the blame, History remembers who struck first and lit the flame. [Bridge] One strait, one spark, a thousand ripples wide, Oil markets, air defense, satellites that ride, Small nations holding breath for storms they didn't start, Reading every headline like a worried, counting heart. [Outro] That's the Gulf for the first of November, told it straight, Watch the water, watch the wires, watch the midterm date. [Chorus] Hormuz holding half a breath, the world watching close, Every tanker threading needle where the tension's most, Houthis still knocking, Saudi fending blow for blow, Gulf News, first of November, this is what we know.
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