
Wires Down, Waters Closed, Hearts Open
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Wires Down, Waters Closed, Hearts Open
Verse 1
Before dawn over Tehran and Shiraz and Tabriz, the sky was a drum and the ground learned to freeze. A council’s keeper fell, a Basij chief too, state voices confirmed what the fire already knew. A minister vowed to hunt shadows till none remain, and a country’s guard woke to a brand-new stain.
Sources:
Iran war updates: Tehran confirms Larijani, Soleimani killed – Al Jazeera
Iran war live updates: Israel says Iran's security chief Ali Larijani killed – ABC7
March 17, 2026 – PBS NewsHour full episode
Early Edition: March 17, 2026 – Just Security
2026 Iran War – Wikipedia
2026 Iran War – Britannica
Chorus
Wires down, waters closed, borders running red, leaders trade thunder while the innocent tread. But I still hear a chorus that refuses to drown: open the lanes, light the rooms, lay the weapons down.
Verse 2
Across the blue-lit border, armored columns rolled, in the southern hills of Lebanon, the air turned cold. Hezbollah struck back where the fences fray, and families became rivers trying to get away. A village heard orders to empty and hide, while far-off capitals begged, let the fire subside.
Sources:
Iran war: What is happening on day 18 of US-Israel attacks? – Al Jazeera
2026 Iran War – Wikipedia
Map shows how 17 days of attacks have evolved in US-Israel war on Iran – Al Jazeera
Chorus
Wires down, waters closed, borders running red, leaders trade thunder while the innocent tread. But I still hear a chorus that refuses to drown: open the lanes, light the rooms, lay the weapons down.
Verse 3
On an island of music, every light went black, with oil turned to memory and the grid off track. Hospitals dimmed, the scalpel had to wait, and hunger tapped fingers at the palace gate. From a gilded office came talk of taking the shore, while Havana said we’re talking, we’ll open a door.
Sources:
Trump muses over 'taking Cuba' as island's power grid collapses – CNN
The power goes out in Cuba, leaving hospitals dark – NBC News
Trump threatens to 'take' Cuba as island grapples with nationwide blackout – Al Jazeera
Cuba begins restoring power after energy grid collapses in nationwide blackout – CBS News
Havana blames U.S. energy blockade as Cuba suffers another country-wide blackout – CBC News
Cuba hit by island-wide blackout as energy crisis deepens – NPR
Chorus
Wires down, waters closed, borders running red, leaders trade thunder while the innocent tread. But I still hear a chorus that refuses to drown: open the lanes, light the rooms, lay the weapons down.
Verse 4
In Washington’s quiet, a badge hit the desk, a watcher of threats said this war felt grotesque. No looming danger, just pressure and spin, promises to end wars blown out on the wind. He was called weak while the chamber split, and the chair he left empty faced a fuse still lit.
Sources:
'No imminent threat': U.S. Counterterrorism Center head resigns over Iran war – Axios
Joe Kent, high-ranking US intel official, resigns over Iran war – CNN
Top Trump counterterrorism official resigns over Iran – CBS News
Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war – NPR
U.S. counterterrorism director Joe Kent resigns over war – CNBC
Top U.S. counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Trump's war on Iran – CBC News
Chorus
Wires down, waters closed, borders running red, leaders trade thunder while the innocent tread. But I still hear a chorus that refuses to drown: open the lanes, light the rooms, lay the weapons down.
Verse 5
At the world’s narrow doorway, Iran shut the gate to certain flags and hulls told to wait. An ocean of tankers like cattle in a pen, as the vault of reserves cracked open again. Allies said no to a call from across the sea, Paris answered never, not like this, not with me. Prices climbed ladders, the pantry felt the strain, the food ships choked on the fertilizer chain, yet friends were waved through by a careful hand, Turkey and India threading the sand.
Sources:
2026 Strait of Hormuz Crisis – Wikipedia
Iran war: What is happening on day 18 of US-Israel attacks? – Al Jazeera
Iran War: No Uptake to Trump Plea for Help – Naked Capitalism
2026 Iran War – Wikipedia
Chorus
Wires down, waters closed, borders running red, leaders trade thunder while the innocent tread. But I still hear a chorus that refuses to drown: open the lanes, light the rooms, lay the weapons down.
Verse 6
On the middle sea’s back, the year began in grief, bodies turned to rumors, truth cut reef to reef. The ledger grew blank where the waves run wild, storms tore the seams and silence compiled. With coffers clipped and lifelines tied, the coast guards stopped telling how the rescued cried, and families kept vigil on salt-stung stones, counting the missing by the ache in their bones.
Sources:
Hundreds of migrants are vanishing in the Mediterranean. Authorities are withholding information – Mercury News (AP)
Hundreds of migrants are vanishing in the Mediterranean – Boston Globe (AP)
'Invisible shipwrecks': Record migrant deaths in the Mediterranean – Sigmalive
Early Edition: March 17, 2026 – Just Security
Bridge
Raise your voice like sirens on a harbor wall, pound on the blackout door till the hinges fall. Steer the waiting freighters through the guarded foam, name the ones the water tried to leave unknown.
Final Chorus
Wires up, waters open, borders healing slow, hands across the fault lines pulling light from below. I still hear that chorus, louder than the guns: open the lanes, light the rooms—let the living run.
Outro
Let the breakers take the war drums down, let the night unclench and the lost be found. When the current shifts and the truth comes home, we’ll tune our shattered world and sing it whole.
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