[Verse 1] Dammam, Jubail, somewhere south on the map Alert goes up like a flare on the radar's lap Civil defence counts the seconds, holds the breath All-clear comes quiet, nobody's left But before the hush, a vessel took a hit Two projectiles landed near the Saudi strip UKMTO logging it, Iran International too A Qatari LNG tanker caught in the stew Riyadh steps up, condemns the strike out loud Tension on the water, wrapped in a thin cloud [Chorus] Oil slides three percent, Trump buys Iran more time Diplomacy's the whisper, not the headline's rhyme Tankers in the crosshairs, sirens come and go Watch the Gulf map shifting, slow motion, even flow [Verse 2] Meanwhile old allies patch an old divide Saudi and the Emirates, closing up that slide Sounds like peace on paper, sounds like calm returns But Yemen's the footnote nobody discerns When the two make nice and stop their separate plays Houthis lose a wedge they used to leverage days Responsible Statecraft says don't celebrate too fast Unity up top don't mean the war is past [Chorus] Oil slides three percent, Trump buys Iran more time Diplomacy's the whisper, not the headline's rhyme Tankers in the crosshairs, sirens come and go Watch the Gulf map shifting, slow motion, even flow [Verse 3] Zoom out further, look at the wider frame Strait of Hormuz still whispering the same old name Insurance rates tick upward every time a hull gets grazed Shipping lanes rerouted, captains stay appraised Washington watches, measuring every word Tehran calculates what Riyadh might have heard Analysts parse statements like they're reading tea leaves Every joint communique got something up its sleeves The Houthis watch the summit, recalculate their math A narrower corridor, a more contested path No one's claiming victory, no one's raising flags Just quiet repositioning while old momentum lags [Bridge] WSJ says barrels settle lower, traders exhale Middle East talks moving, markets catch the trail But a tanker still got hit off a Saudi Persian Gulf port Mediation and missiles, running the same report Two truths sailing parallel, neither cancels out Diplomacy's whisper, impact's heavier shout [Chorus] Oil slides three percent, Trump buys Iran more time Diplomacy's the whisper, not the headline's rhyme Tankers in the crosshairs, sirens come and go Watch the Gulf map shifting, slow motion, even flow [Outro] Gulf News fading, alerts gone still tonight Oil down, trade quiet, nothing fully right Check tomorrow's water, see what else it brings Saudi, Yemen, tankers — tangled, shifting things Every cycle resets but the current stays the same Another day, another port, another careful name
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