[Verse 1] The Houthis launched another strike across the border sand Eleven wounded in Saudi Arabia, missiles leaving scars on the land And deeper in Yemen the casualties keep climbing high Dozens of troops cut down, officials confirming why The war drums echo through the desert, port and airport brace Iraqi militias moving closer, Iran pulling strings in place CNN reports the docks are next, the runways in their sights Saudi Arabia warning the world — prepare for darker nights [Chorus] The Gulf is a chessboard, every piece at war Alliances redrawn on coasts we've heard of before Houthis in the north wind, militias in the east The map keeps shifting, the tension never ceased Who holds the trade routes, who controls the crude August seventh — nothing here is subdued [Verse 2] Meanwhile on a Friday three nations shook hands clean Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan — a new defence machine Middle East Eye reporting on a pact to share the weight Three powers binding promises before the hour gets late And Newsweek spread the map across the table wide Iran and Israel, Saudi — every proxy side by side The old alliances fraying at the seam The new ones forged from urgency, not from any dream [Chorus] The Gulf is a chessboard, every piece at war Alliances redrawn on coasts we've heard of before Houthis in the north wind, militias in the east The map keeps shifting, the tension never ceased Who holds the trade routes, who controls the crude August seventh — nothing here is subdued [Verse 3] The civilians caught between the factions bear the heaviest toll A mother in Sana'a counting bread, a father paying with his soul The hospitals are running low on medicine and gauze And no one at the table stops to read the human clause The diplomats are flying in from capitals afar But every ceasefire whispered dims beneath the next struck scar The children memorize the sound of drones before they sleep These are the hidden headlines that the ticker doesn't keep [Bridge] Reuters says America's importing more Gulf oil than since the Iran war started ticking The economics pulling westward while the violence keeps on picking Jerusalem Post is live-updating every hour through the haze The Middle East in August twenty twenty-six — a dusty, smoldering blaze [Outro] Eleven wounded, dozens dead, three nations signing names The ports on watch, the crude ships moving through these ancient flames August seventh — mark the date, the region holds its breath The sitar keeps on humming through the sand and underneath [Chorus] The Gulf is a chessboard, every piece at war Alliances redrawn on coasts we've heard of before Houthis in the north wind, militias in the east The map keeps shifting, the tension never ceased Who holds the trade routes, who controls the crude August seventh — nothing here is subdued
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