Gulf News — October 02, 2026

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Saudi Arabia opens the tap on the Red Sea line,
Barrels moving steady, cutting into Tehran's bottom line,
Resuming exports like a drum finding its beat,
A quiet blow to Iran, no need to repeat.
Meanwhile Houthi drones keep buzzing overhead,
EU aviation's waving flags of red,
Advisory issued — Saudi airspace, use care,
Pilots double-checking before they're in the air.

[Chorus]
Óleo no mar, bandeira ao vento,
Saudi e Emirados dividindo o momento,
Tensão simmering, o baixo rolando,
Gulf News hoje — a história vai rodando.
(Oil on the sea, flags in the wind,
Tension simmering, the bassline within.)

[Verse 2]
Saudi's calling on the UAE, their white horse for the ride,
Gearing up to battle Houthis, standing side by side,
Not a knight in armor, just an ally close and near,
Borrowed strength for a fight that's far from clear.
Twelve point eight million barrels push through the strait,
Middle East exports staging a comeback, right on fate's gate,
Saudi and Emirati surges lifting up the score,
Oil's remarkable return — nobody saw it before.

[Chorus]
Óleo no mar, bandeira ao vento,
Saudi e Emirados dividindo o momento,
Tensão simmering, o baixo rolando,
Gulf News hoje — a história vai rodando.

[Bridge]
Call it a bellwether — the sign before the swell,
Prices and politics ringing like a bell,
Riyadh building a phalanx, a shield drawn up tight,
Yet the security puzzle's still out of sight.
The new defence pact faces its realest exam,
As the wider war tests every single plan,
Jerusalem Post ticking live, update by update,
Saudi's answer to safety — still incomplete, still late.

[Chorus]
Óleo no mar, bandeira ao vento,
Saudi e Emirados dividindo o momento,
Tensão simmering, o baixo rolando,
Gulf News hoje — a história vai rodando.

[Verse 3]
Traders in London watching screens flicker bright,
Futures contracts swinging deep into the night,
Brent crude dancing to a geopolitical tune,
Every headline a ripple, every rumor a dune.
Refineries in Rotterdam recalculating their need,
Asian buyers hedging, planting a different seed,
The dollar flexing muscle as the barrel price climbs,
History repeating through these turbulent times.

[Bridge 2]
Analysts whisper of a market realignment near,
Supply chains shifting, the old maps disappear,
From Riyadh to Rotterdam, the signals intertwine,
A new axis forming along the pipeline's spine.

[Chorus]
Óleo no mar, bandeira ao vento,
Saudi e Emirados dividindo o momento,
Tensão simmering, o baixo rolando,
Gulf News hoje — a história vai rodando.

[Outro]
Gulf News closing, October second's tale,
Oil, allies, and airspace — watch the scale,
Rolling like the bassline, steady and low,
Tomorrow brings another wave — e assim vai.

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