[Verse 1]
Zelenskyy's forces moved with clock-work in the velvet before dawn
A nighttime blitz on Sevastopol — Russia's naval anchor drawn
"With precision, as we planned it," Kyiv told the watching world
Battlefield gains mapped on the briefings, every banner slowly unfurled
But every strike that lands on tankers carrying Russian crude
Brought Washington across the wire — a warning, sharp and rude
[Chorus]
Vance called Kyiv, said pull the tankers from your crosshairs now
Zelenskyy said here are proposals — show us peace somehow
Russian fire lit up a Ukrainian port, the interceptors failed
This war is moving on two chessboards while the Black Sea wailed
Two sides reaching, two sides striking — every hour the cost is tallied
August thirteen, twenty twenty-six — has anything been rallied?
[Verse 2]
A Russian strike came cracking through the harbour, torched the dockside air
Zelenskyy went hunting interceptors — anti-air was never spare
The war report card from the analysts marks the front lines, column by column
Every village, every tree line — the accounting always solemn
Ukraine handed peace proposals over to American hands
Trying to unlock a new round of talks across the battle-scarred lands
[Chorus]
Vance called Kyiv, said pull the tankers from your crosshairs now
Zelenskyy said here are proposals — show us peace somehow
Russian fire lit up a Ukrainian port, the interceptors failed
This war is moving on two chessboards while the Black Sea wailed
Two sides reaching, two sides striking — every hour the cost is tallied
August thirteen, twenty twenty-six — has anything been rallied?
[Verse 3]
The ceasefire maps keep getting redrawn on the diplomat's long table
Each new line a compromise, each promise wrapped in fable
Soldiers in the trenches don't know anything but mud and waiting
While the foreign ministers meet in marble halls, deliberating
Someone's son is watching flares go up above the eastern berm
Someone's city burns again — and still the talks adjourn
[Bridge]
Every strike on Russian shipping carries consequence and weight
Australia's broadcasters ran the warning — escalation will not wait
The tanker routes, the naval stronghold, diplomatic notes passed in the grey
Three years of war and still the question — what will finally end this day?
[Outro]
Proposals sent, strikes still landing, ports on fire under smoke
Two nations at the table's edge — one word from breaking, one from hope
August thirteen — write it down, the war clock keeps its toll
Precision, proposals, fire and ash — this is what we know
[Chorus]
Vance called Kyiv, said pull the tankers from your crosshairs now
Zelenskyy said here are proposals — show us peace somehow
Russian fire lit up a Ukrainian port, the interceptors failed
This war is moving on two chessboards while the Black Sea wailed
Two sides reaching, two sides striking — every hour the cost is tallied
August thirteen, twenty twenty-six — has anything been rallied?