[Silence]<\/p>\n
[Low Drone \u2013 Organ Pad, Sub Bass Pulse]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\n[Clean Guitar Arpeggio, Sparse Piano Notes]<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]<\/p>\n
Counting numbers
\n(On the evening news)
\nLine by line
\n(What did we choose?)
\nSeven hundred seventy-nine
\n(In a single day)
\nWho signs off
\n(Who will pay?)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Piano Motif Repeats, Bass Builds]
\n[Synth Swell \u2014 restrained, ominous]<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]<\/p>\n
Add it up
\n(Add it up)
\nStack it high
\n(Stack it high)
\nForty billion
\n(Ninety-five?)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]<\/p>\n
The bill comes due
\n(It always does)
\nFor what we did
\n(Because, because)
\nYou can win the fight
\nBut still lose more
\nWhen the bill comes due
\nFor war<\/p>\n
[Organ Lift, Drums Enter Full, Harmony Vocals]<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]<\/p>\n
Carrier groups
\n(Thirteen a day)
\nTomahawks
\n(Fired away)
\nTwo hundred flames
\n(Three hundred forty gone)
\nSteel and smoke
\n(And moving on)<\/p>\n
Three jets falling
\n(Friendly fire)
\nSix names spoken
\n(Choir by choir)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Angular Synth Lead, Guitar Echoes Melody]
\n[Snare March Returns]<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]<\/p>\n
Trade winds shake
\n(Markets slide)
\nOil climbs
\n(We all ride)
\nTwo hundred ten
\n(Billion wide)<\/p>\n
[Chorus \u2013 Bigger]<\/p>\n
The bill comes due
\n(It always does)
\nFor what we did
\n(Because, because)
\nYou can draw the line
\nYou can close the door
\nBut the bill comes due
\nFor war<\/p>\n
[Harmonized Vocals, Organ Glide, Cymbal Wash]<\/p>\n
[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<\/p>\n
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the cost
\n(Of a borrowed year?)
\nWhat\u2019s the price
\n(Of living in fear?)
\nWhat\u2019s the weight
\n(Of a trillion sighs?)
\nWho counts the tears
\n(Who tallies lives?)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental \u2013 Extended Jam]
\n[Synth & Guitar Duel \u2014 tense, unresolved]
\n[Drums Double-Time, Then Drop to Half-Time]<\/p>\n
[Verse 3 \u2013 Softer, Reflective]<\/p>\n
Schools and bridges
\n(Not repaired)
\nHospitals waiting
\n(Unprepared)
\nAll the futures
\n(Put on hold)
\nTraded for fire
\n(Sold for gold)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus \u2013 Expansive, Choir Layered]<\/p>\n
The bill comes due
\n(It always does)
\nFor what we did
\n(Because, because)
\nYou can raise the flag
\nYou can keep the score
\nBut the bill comes due
\nFor war<\/p>\n
(Say no more\u2026)
\n(Say no more\u2026)<\/p>\n
[Outro \u2013 Slow, Fading]<\/p>\n
Bye-bye
\n(Why?)
\nBuy and buy
\n(Why buy?)
\nAdd it up
\n(Add it up\u2026)<\/p>\n
[Final Hit \u2014 Organ + Distorted Guitar + Piano Cluster, Sudden Silence]<\/p>\n
ABOUT THE SONG
\nTrump, Israel, Spain, and Iran: War, Drones, the Socialization of Risk, and Economic Terror Tactics
\nIsrael essentially lured the Trump administration into starting a war with Iran, driven largely by religious and geopolitical motives. In response, Iran is striking back economically, targeting fossil fuel infrastructure to pressure the Arab states into pushing Trump to de-escalate.<\/p>\n
Their strikes \u2014 mainly carried out with drones \u2014 are precise rather than massively destructive. They disrupt production just enough to temporarily shut down facilities (which can take at least two weeks to restart), particularly in oil and LNG. The ripple effects are significant: ships waiting to load, insurance gaps preventing transport, and downstream facilities struggling to convert LNG back into natural gas. The disruption spreads across the entire supply chain, amplifying economic impacts without the need for outright destruction.
\n\u201cNo matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m currently working on a paper examining the costs for both sides. Drones are dirt cheap, while the missiles the Kuwaitis used cost millions \u2014 not to mention the value of the US jets shot down. The contrast is stark: a few hundred-dollar drone versus multi-million-dollar weaponry.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m listening to the business news on this right now. Insurance is a big deal. Trump seems to believe that sinking Iran\u2019s navy and providing battleship escorts for cargo ships will reassure insurers, making Iran\u2019s drone swarms seem like no threat. As a risk management professional, I can tell you \u2014 it\u2019s a bad plan.
\nSeizing foreign land is even worse. And yet, at the same time, he was justifying Russia\u2019s annexation of Crimea, so a land grab certainly isn\u2019t out of the question.<\/p>\n
Most recently, he announced that the U.S. has effectively socialized cargo ship insurance guarantees. Incredible \u2014 what the American taxpayer is being asked to cover just so Trump can attempt to prop up the stock market.
\nOh, yeah \u2014 almost forgot. He also said the U.S. is cutting off all trade with Spain because they wouldn\u2019t let us fly our bombs over their country. Because, of course, when international diplomacy gets tricky, the answer is apparently: cancel trade and roll out the tantrums.<\/p>\n