[Verse 1] Riyadh and Tehran sit across the table, measured words exchanged Two ancient rivals parsing peace, the calculus is strange But in the waters where the tankers drift through corridors of oil The threat grows worse than it has been since this Iran war first uncoiled Analysts are watching every vessel, every narrowing strait The sea lanes carry half the world's supply — the pressure will not wait [Chorus] Серце Близького Сходу б'ється нерівно сьогодні The old walls crack but nothing falls quite cleanly to the ground Серце Близького Сходу — хто почує цей звук? Saudi Arabia and Iran — rivals searching for a truce they've never found [Verse 2] Now Riyadh sharpens something sharper than a diplomat's reply Preparing military moves against the Houthis in the Yemeni sky Meanwhile the Saudi-UAE alliance — once a monolith of sand — Has fractured down its center line, two kingdoms, different hands The Iran war deepened every wedge between these neighboring states Two Gulf powers, one peninsula, but separately they calibrate [Chorus] Серце Близького Сходу б'ється нерівно сьогодні The old walls crack but nothing falls quite cleanly to the ground Серце Близького Сходу — хто почує цей звук? Saudi Arabia and Iran — rivals searching for a truce they've never found [Bridge] Here's a word for what we're watching — this *anfractuous* road Winding, full of bends and reversals, no straight path bestowed A US-Saudi nuclear deal now tempts other nations to consider If one state arms its peaceful program, the next one grows littler — smaller caution, bigger hunger Regional architecture, scholars say, cannot alone hold still this trembling architecture Sovereignty itself is hollowing — states becoming nomenclature [Verse 3] So draw the map of August fourth — contested, smoldering, dense Each headline is a pressure valve releasing some immense accumulated tension underneath the Gulf's reflecting face Diplomacy and weapons both competing for the same small space [Verse 4] The proxy wars have proxies now — the layers multiply A ceasefire signed in one corridor while three more light the sky The women selling bread in Sana'a don't debate the terms of trade They count the days between the airstrikes, count the deals that get delayed And somewhere in a ministry a cable goes unsigned Two empires of religion, oil, and pride — still trying hard to find [Chorus] Серце Близького Сходу б'ється нерівно сьогодні The old walls crack but nothing falls quite cleanly to the ground Серце Близького Сходу — хто почує цей звук? Saudi Arabia and Iran — rivals searching for a truce they've never found [Outro] Серце б'ється... серце чекає... The Gulf news on August fourth — remember what was at stake
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