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World on a Wire: Straits, Streets and Silicon
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World on a Wire: Straits, Streets and Silicon

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March 2, 2026
World on a Wire: Straits, Streets and Silicon
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World on a Wire: Straits, Streets and Silicon

Verse 1

Karachi cracks the windows of a guarded house, Skardu lights a match beneath a pale blue flag, In Islamabad the air burns the eyes with doubt, The US mission slams its doors, appointments fade to black. An Interior voice begs calm through sirens and smoke, Zardari bows his head, Khamenei’s shadow spoke.

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Chorus

World on a wire, streets and seas on fire, Engines stall and markets roar, we tighten every tire. Leaders draw the battle lines, we scroll through all the noise, Turn up the amps, hold the line, and raise your ragged voice.

Verse 2

Across Hormuz a hard voice on the radio says no, Steel leviathans freeze, swing wide to the Cape’s cold glow. Container towers drift like cities without a shore, Insurers paint the charts in red, the risk runs raw. Tankers wear fresh scars, Gulf ports go still, The tide holds its breath against an iron will.

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Chorus

World on a wire, streets and seas on fire, Engines stall and markets roar, we tighten every tire. Leaders draw the battle lines, we scroll through all the noise, Turn up the amps, hold the line, and raise your ragged voice.

Verse 3

Downtown Austin, a bar door, then a flash of night, Lives stolen, bodies mended under ambulance lights. The gunman falls to police steel, the Bureau reads the signs, Clothes stitched with faith and flags, a book between the lines. The governor floods the streets with boots and beacons bright, Longhorn hearts are bleeding in the campus light.

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Verse 4

At the bell the crude runs hot and fierce, Charts spit sparks no water can pierce. OPEC and friends promise a steadier stream, But the pump will bite like a lean-wolf dream. Iran’s black river leans east on a waiting hand, Banks warn the ripple could swallow the land.

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Chorus

World on a wire, streets and seas on fire, Engines stall and markets roar, we tighten every tire. Leaders draw the battle lines, we scroll through all the noise, Turn up the amps, hold the line, and raise your ragged voice.

Verse 5

Under the dome a parchment fight ignites, Kaine calls the strikes a breach of ancient rights. The chamber splits, the cameras never sleep, One side cheers the thunder, the other counts the leap. A veto storm is brewing over every floor, Who owns the keys to open war?

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Verse 6

Then the glow from Cupertino cuts the gloom, Tim says a big week’s coming, fills the room. New phones for lean wallets, a notebook built to teach, The first bargain MacBook, classrooms in reach. Fresh M‑series Air and Pro, iPads growing brains, Pop‑ups in three cities where the Apple thunder rains.

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Bridge

From embassies shuttered to tankers that wait, From a Texas night to a marble gate, From crude that climbs to glass that shines, We ride the feedback through fault lines.

Final Chorus and Outro

World on a wire, streets and seas on fire, Engines stall and markets roar, we tighten every tire. We won’t break, we won’t tire, we’ll sing above the choir, Turn it up, strike the match, set the chorus higher. Guitars like sirens on a midnight run, Drums like boots on stone, we don’t come undone. From straits to streets to silicon skies, Open the sea, calm the night, let the signal rise. Hold the line, hold the line—then light it up and fly.

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