[Verse 1]
Houthi missiles arc across the southern Saudi sky
Iran-backed launchers sending iron overhead to fly
The Middle East is fracturing along a dozen seams
While Washington is cutting deals and trading nuclear dreams
Trump signs the papers — Saudi Arabia gets the keys
A landmark nuclear agreement signed to appease
But lawmakers are watching, and their warnings fill the air
One arsenal starts a cascade — who else wants a share?
[Chorus]
Oil surges past a hundred, desert heat is real
Synths are pulsing, tankers pushing, everyone must feel
The weight of every missile and the weight of every deal
The Gulf in twenty-twenty-six, the news is sharp as steel
[Verse 2]
Asian refiners scrambling now, the crude premiums spike
Middle East production zones are not what traders like
Alternatives are wanted when the pipelines smell of smoke
The market reads the headline and the barrel price awoke
A hundred dollars, first time since the spring of twenty-five
Conflict has a price tag — keeps the energy alive
BOE reports the premium surge, Al Jazeera marks the date
The numbers tell a story that the diplomats won't state
[Chorus]
Oil surges past a hundred, desert heat is real
Synths are pulsing, tankers pushing, everyone must feel
The weight of every missile and the weight of every deal
The Gulf in twenty-twenty-six, the news is sharp as steel
[Bridge]
Trump says Abraham Accords must come before the ink is dry
Saudi normalization with Israel — the conditional reply
DW asks the question that the world wants answered now
The nuclear agreement shifts the balance — but exactly how?
One deal rewrites the architecture, every neighbor takes account
The arms race conversation starts the moment papers mount
[Verse 3]
So trace the thread from missile smoke to diplomatic rooms
From crude oil breaking ceilings to the regional power fumes
The Houthis claim their victory, the markets claim their toll
The lawmakers claim their worry over who controls the scroll
Each headline is a pressure valve on something underneath
The Gulf in July twenty-twenty-six — a wreath of fire and teeth
[Verse 4]
The tanker crews are watching radar screens along the strait
Hormuz holds its breath again beneath the geopolitical weight
Every cargo manifest is priced against the risk of war
The shipping lanes remember every conflict gone before
Consumers feel it at the pump, the stations raise their signs
The Gulf's instability runs deep between the lines
[Chorus]
Oil surges past a hundred, desert heat is real
Synths are pulsing, tankers pushing, everyone must feel
The weight of every missile and the weight of every deal
The Gulf in twenty-twenty-six, the news is sharp as steel
[Outro]
July twenty-fifth — remember what you read
Missiles, oil, and nuclear seeds