[Verse 1] Abu Dhabi cracked it open, first trilateral since February froze Four hours, then Moscow, then Dublin, that's how the circuit goes But strip the word "talks" down, what's actually confirmed? One thing on paper: a prisoner swap, the numbers still unconfirmed Could be three-fourteen total, could be a thousand each side Nobody's locked the figure, it's floating, it's open, it's wide Witkoff says Europeans join the next round, somewhere, someday Putin says four regions are his, Zelenskyy says no way [Chorus] Call it talks, call it progress, I call it a half-built bridge One swap on the table, everything else still on the ridge Dublin to Moscow, Moscow to Dublin, circling the same old peak Nine months of silence broken by a handshake, not a peace [Verse 2] Here's what the headline skipped, the part that stings when you hear it plain Last month Trump lifted sanctions, opened the door to Russian diesel again Kyiv flinched, Europe flinched, call it a quiet dismay Meanwhile Starshield's got Ukraine's drones capped, boxed in a lane A hundred sixty-one kph, that's the ceiling they're given Zelenskyy says that's a leash on the hunters meant for interception-driven So while diplomats shuffle visas, the sky's got its own restriction Small print under big headlines, that's the real description [Verse 3] Putin's pitching this as architecture, security for the whole continent Citing twenty twenty-one, NATO rollback, same old document Europeans call it a diversion, a stall dressed up as a plan Peskov wants one voice from Brussels before he'll shake a hand Zelenskyy holds the line on territory, won't sign away the ground Putin warns if European boots land post-ceasefire, the war comes back around [Chorus] Call it talks, call it progress, I call it a half-built bridge One swap on the table, everything else still on the ridge Dublin to Moscow, Moscow to Dublin, circling the same old peak Nine months of silence broken by a handshake, not a peace [Bridge] Nov sixteenth, EU ministers vote sanctions, fresh list, fresh name France says a hundred fifty entities, Kyiv Post counts five less the same Putin's next stop's APEC, China hosting the follow-through TASS says the swap lands in two, three weeks, numbers still coming due No date, no venue for round two, just a promise in the air [Outro] That's the ledger for the thirteenth — one swap confirmed, the rest still bare Dublin's quiet, Moscow's colder, Brussels waiting on a name Same river, different Tuesday, still no bridge across the flame
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