Straight to Hormuz

[Verse 1] Hey my friend, the world is on fire Everyone asking: “Who started it?” I see the map laughing And the sea pretending it didn’t notice Every ship acting like a star Every statement wrapped in smoke But in the middle there’s a narrow strait Everyone moving, counting it like a balance sheet Did you forget oil, or did it forget you? Every day a headline, every day a shock Stocks fly up, then fall back down The chair shakes, but doesn’t really break Some people talk like it’s easy Others pay the price of the words And I’m standing on the dock saying God, let this pass in peace [Pre-Chorus] Oh strait, oh pain of the news Every side says: “I’m the biggest” But if the spark catches fire Who will gather the wheat from the stream? Listen to the laugh in the tension It’s the laugh of someone who understands the game Everyone’s playing tug of war And the fire is close to the doorstep [Chorus] Straight to Hormuz Straight to Hormuz My heart, slow down a little Straight to Hormuz Straight to Hormuz And the mind says: enough already [Verse 2] One wearing a formal suit One wearing worry and fear One adjusts his tone of voice And one carries the burden of ships above They say: “We are drawing borders” But borders laugh at the words Because every line written in fire Lives in hearts, not just on paper There’s a mother covering her son there A father listening to the radio in silence A worker thinking about installments due If the fire grows, who protects the home? I don’t have a map of escape But I have eyes that see what’s right If reason leaves the table Then courage itself becomes a wound [Pre-Chorus] Oh strait, oh game of pulling tight Everyone holding it from one side But when the voices get too loud Words drown in their very first letter Listen to the “it doesn’t matter” laugh It comes right before disaster grows And if both sides keep being stubborn Then loss becomes the lesson [Chorus] Straight to Hormuz Straight to Hormuz My heart, slow down a little Straight to Hormuz Straight to Hormuz And the mind says: enough already [Bridge] (half-time) I wish they slept on the truth Not on a bulletin or a threat I wish the waves washed away anger And cooled the iron in our chests I hear the sound of the port Not the sound of paper heroics When interest rises above people All words become anxiety [Final Chorus] Straight to Hormuz Straight to Hormuz My heart, slow down a little Straight to Hormuz Straight to Hormuz And the mind says: enough already Straight to Hormuz Straight