[Verse 1] The Mecca Agreement hit the wire like a desert thunderclap Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan — redrawing the old map Three regional powers signed their names while the region stayed at war The Council on Foreign Relations said what nobody could ignore The American-led order, that old architecture, done A new constellation rising, three nations forging one [Chorus] The post-American Middle East is taking its own shape Old alliances are crumbling, new geometries escape Mecca put its seal on it, the realignment is complete Three powers ink a covenant, the old order obsolete [Verse 2] Now MBS sat down with the top U.S. general in the room Still talking defense cooperation, still trying to defuse the gloom Even as the Houthis claimed they struck an Aramco oil facility Iran-backed rebels keeping tensions wound to full capacity Yemen's war still grinding, government forces trading blows While diplomats keep shuffling papers, everybody knows [Chorus] The post-American Middle East is taking its own shape Old alliances are crumbling, new geometries escape Mecca put its seal on it, the realignment is complete Three powers ink a covenant, the old order obsolete [Bridge] Here's your rare word — palimpsest — a parchment scraped and written over again Old text beneath the new text, previous empires showing through the grain That's what this region is, layer upon layer, ghost borders and old claims The Mecca Agreement writes fresh ink, but history underlays the frames And Saudi sources say they kept Egypt outside the tent deliberately Every alliance draws its borders — who's included, who roams free [Verse 3] Al Jazeera called it plainly — a new architecture being born Al Arabiya watched the generals, Jerusalem Post watched the sworn The Christian Science Monitor counted bodies, counted pens The same week weapons fired and treaties signed, the cycle never ends So memorize this moment, when the tectonic plates slipped sideways August fourteenth marked the hinge point between old and altered hallways [Verse 4] The currency of influence shifts from bases to belief From aircraft carriers to corridors, from conflict toward relief Ankara brings the Ottoman memory, Islamabad the nuclear weight Riyadh brings the oil and holy cities to negotiate Washington still watching from a distance, reading every sign Three capitals decided they would draw their own new line [Chorus] The post-American Middle East is taking its own shape Old alliances are crumbling, new geometries escape Mecca put its seal on it, the realignment is complete Three powers ink a covenant, the old order obsolete [Outro] Three powers, one agreement, one facility in flames Gulf News, August fourteenth — history writes its own names
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