[Verse 1] Merz lands in the capital, hand out for the shake Concrete still steaming where the missile cut its wake A bridge over the Dnipro, half metal, half ghost Germany came bearing promises, Russia came closest The mayor counts the craters, calls them a wound not scars Says the city's being torn like a map ripped by the stars [Chorus] Kyiv bridge is burning, cameras catch the smoke Diplomats keep walking while the sirens speak and choke Strike by strike, the headline turns, the dateline never sleeps October fifth, the river cracks, but the capital still keeps [Verse 2] Moscow's defence ministry says the strikes will multiply Blaming words from Zelenskyy, a reason or a lie Meanwhile down the battle line, something small and strange Wheels instead of soldiers roll — a robot vanguard's change Ukraine's machines go crawling where the infantry once bled Exposing cracks in Putin's war that nobody has said [Chorus] Kyiv bridge is burning, cameras catch the smoke Diplomats keep walking while the sirens speak and choke Strike by strike, the headline turns, the dateline never sleeps October fifth, the river cracks, but the capital still keeps [Bridge] Zelenskiy warns the refineries, says doctrine meets its match If Moscow lights the matches, Kyiv lights one back Fuel tanks against apartment blocks, an answer traded blow for blow The Institute keeps mapping lines that only analysts can know [Verse 3] The mayor's voice is tired now, counting names instead of blocks Each night the power flickers like a slow, uncertain clock The world sends chancellors and robots, sanctions, grim reports While the bridge stays half-collapsed between the two cut shores [Verse 4] Somewhere a trader watches oil climb against the dark Somewhere a satellite records the crater's growing arc The think tanks write their briefings, cautious, hedged, precise While children learn the sound that tells them run, don't think twice A generator hums where the substation used to stand The war keeps rearranging what was ordinary land [Chorus] Kyiv bridge is burning, cameras catch the smoke Diplomats keep walking while the sirens speak and choke Strike by strike, the headline turns, the dateline never sleeps October fifth, the river cracks, but the capital still keeps [Outro] Dub echo fading, the mayor's warning stays Refineries, robots, bridges — same unfinished days The chancellors fly homeward, the cameras lose their light But the river keeps on cracking through the long unanswered night October fifth recorded, the tape keeps turning still
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