Текст песни
Got the news on, another talking head
Says the situation's escalating, fill me with dread
They show the smoke on the ancient land
A puppet show run by a hidden hand
Got a general here, a mullah there
Both talking tough, filling the air
With righteous fire and historical claims
But they're just players in much bigger games
While the pundits all are losing their minds
A different kind of logic you will find
It's not about God, and it's not about land
It's about the black gold in the sand
So when the sabers rattle and the rockets fly
And you see the fire painting up the sky
Don't you wonder who's gonna win the fight?
Just check the oil price, check the oil price
See the traders smile, it'll be alright
Just check the oil price, check the oil price tonight
There's a man in London sipping his tea
Watching the charts on a widescreen TV
He doesn't care who starts the war
Just if the Strait gets blocked or the pipeline tore
In a glass tower in Singapore
They're betting on the panic, wanting more
A hedge fund kid in a New York bar
Watches the tension from a sports car
The politicians they posture and preen
But their strings get pulled by the unseen
Think tanks funding the paper trails
And whispers that shift the global scales
So when the sabers rattle and the rockets fly
And you see the fire painting up the sky
Don't you wonder who's gonna win the fight?
Just check the oil price, check the oil price
See the traders smile, it'll be alright
Just check the oil price, check the oil price tonight
It's a poker game with holy sites
Fought with proxy wars and satellite lights
And every boom and every scare
Is just a market maker's prayer
For a volatile, beautiful, lucrative day
To make the spread and move the play
The true religion? The bottom line
In this sacred and profane design
So when the sabers rattle and the rockets fly
And you see the fire painting up the sky
Don't you wonder who's gonna win the fight?
Just check the oil price, check the oil price
See the traders smile, it'll be alright
Just check the oil price, check the oil price
Yeah, check the futures, darling
Check the Brent crude
They're shuffling the deck
While they're playing at feud
Just check the oil price
(Just check the oil price)
It's the only language they understand
Mmm, yeah
Check the oil price tonight
