[Verse 1]
Picture a bottleneck, a narrow throat of water
Every tanker squeezing through, the pressure getting hotter
The Strait of Hormuz choked and strained, the tension cracking wide
So the Gulf is spending billions now to route the oil inside
Pipelines snaking overland, bypassing that thin door
Bloomberg calling it a multibillion-dollar floor
OilPrice confirming it — a pipeline boom is real
Saudi, UAE, they're cutting a new deal
[Chorus]
Hormuz is the flashpoint, pipelines are the answer
The Middle East is shifting like a slow electric dancer
Marco Rubio's flying in, diplomacy on the table
Iran negotiations — can they make the deal stable?
Gulf News, twenty-three June, the headlines burning clear
The region's drawing different maps from what we drew last year
[Verse 2]
Rubio touched down in the desert, briefcase full of questions
Iran's memorandum of understanding — tense diplomatic sessions
Al Jazeera tracking every move across the corridor
Brookings asking how the conflict reshapes what came before
Saudi crude exports in April dropped to record lows
Marine News Magazine counted every barrel as it goes
The war economy is shifting, tanker routes are thin
The Nixon Doctrine echoing — arm your allies, pull back in
[Chorus]
Hormuz is the flashpoint, pipelines are the answer
The Middle East is shifting like a slow electric dancer
Marco Rubio's flying in, diplomacy on the table
Iran negotiations — can they make the deal stable?
Gulf News, twenty-three June, the headlines burning clear
The region's drawing different maps from what we drew last year
[Verse 3]
The markets watch the pressure gauges, traders hold their breath
Every spike in shipping risk is measured against death
Oman and Qatar reading signals, hedging every bet
The ink on new agreements hasn't fully dried just yet
Energy security the language every leader speaks
While analysts are counting costs across the coming weeks
[Bridge]
Amnesty International counting nearly one hundred dead
Saudi executions — drug offences, Amnesty said
The Gulf Confederation talking shared destiny and fate
Six nations bound together, cooperation grows to weight
From cooperation to a union, that's the council's vision
Every headline on this day demands a careful decision
[Chorus]
Hormuz is the flashpoint, pipelines are the answer
The Middle East is shifting like a slow electric dancer
Marco Rubio's flying in, diplomacy on the table
Iran negotiations — can they make the deal stable?
Gulf News, twenty-three June, the headlines burning clear
The region's drawing different maps from what we drew last year
[Outro]
June twenty-three, twenty-twenty-six — remember every name
The Gulf is rewriting routes, and nothing stays the same