Unidentified Objects
by Cliff Sieben
Verse 1 Friday night the Al Mayeda took a hit Unidentified objects, crew still standing, ship still lit Qatar put the statement out before the morning light Another tanker on the list, another night of tight Down in Gaza eight more names, one of them a boy Hospitals counting bodies while the cameras stay deployed UN’s asking questions about a staffer in the dark Held since June of ’24, now the answers never start
Pre-Chorus Doha’s still the middleman, messages still move Midterms on the calendar, everybody’s got a move Something’s coming after Tuesday… or maybe not
Chorus Unidentified objects falling through the night Power’s out in four regions, drones still in the fight Fifty-three and forty-eight, nineteen holding the scale Oleshky buses rolling while the ceasefire starts to fail Tell me who’s deciding when the map won’t stay the same Unidentified objects, everybody’s got a claim
Verse 2 Zelenskyy’s on the wire saying de-escalation works If you put the pressure on and make the other side reverse Hundreds of thousands dark again, interceptors running low Kamensky plant is smoking, Nizhny Novgorod still glows Greece and Egypt still rejecting what Libya just signed French vessel waiting offshore while the lawyers draw the line Halloween in San Antonio, one shot, one kid gone Nineteen years old and nowhere, morning coming on
Pre-Chorus Iran says no limits if the strikes come back around Gulf states checking basements, counting every sound Diplomats still talking… while the lights go down
Chorus Unidentified objects falling through the night Power’s out in four regions, drones still in the fight Fifty-three and forty-eight, nineteen holding the scale Oleshky buses rolling while the ceasefire starts to fail Tell me who’s deciding when the map won’t stay the same Unidentified objects, everybody’s got a claim
Bridge Somewhere in a lab they’re cutting genes by half Tiny TnpB tools rewriting what the plants can have AI’s still spending billions just to keep the lights awake While the rest of us are counting every drone that doesn’t break Nineteen in the middle, nobody’s got the keys Everybody’s watching, nobody agrees
Final Chorus (slightly bigger, more open) Unidentified objects falling through the night Power’s out in four regions, drones still in the fight Fifty-three and forty-eight, nineteen holding the scale Oleshky buses rolling while the ceasefire starts to fail Tell me who’s deciding when the map won’t stay the same Unidentified objects… Everybody’s got a claim
Outro Unidentified… Still falling.