[Verse 1] Phone call happens, Washington to Moscow, line connects, Russia says it's open to the table, nobody objects, But hours later sirens, missiles falling on Kyiv, The ceasefire's just a rumor and the rubble's where you live, Zelensky stands up, says he'll meet them, trilateral style, Putin calling Kremlin ready while the shelling piles, Contradiction is the headline, war and diplomacy entwined, Two tracks running parallel, inside the same news cycle's grind. [Chorus] Talks resume while rockets fly, Kyiv Independent, BBC, tell you why, Peace is spoken, war is shown, October twenty-third, the gap is clearly known, Hold that picture, hold that line, Negotiation table, bombing still on time. [Verse 2] Zelensky's frustrated, says it plain for everyone to hear, Interceptor missiles stalling, delays he calls severe, The Guardian reports it, Washington's slow hand in play, Meanwhile Rubio's telling Kyiv to focus, find a way, Trump applies the pressure, Independent says "settle now," Rift is growing wider, allies wondering how, Starlink's getting spotty, frontline ops begin to stall, BBC reports the signal dropping, dark across the wall. [Chorus] Talks resume while rockets fly, Kyiv Independent, BBC, tell you why, Peace is spoken, war is shown, October twenty-third, the gap is clearly known, Hold that picture, hold that line, Negotiation table, bombing still on time. [Verse 3] Energy grid's the target now, substations hit at night, Millions sitting cold and dark, waiting for the light, Reuters tracks the drone strikes, AP counts the dead, Every briefing room repeats the same old thing they said, Europe's watching nervous, sanctions drafted, stalled again, Oil price caps and frozen funds, a slow and grinding pen, NATO holds its meetings, borders bracing for the freeze, Diplomats keep smiling while the cameras catch the unease. [Bridge] Putin believes his goals sit close enough to touch, Zelensky's warning allies, says don't promise us too much, Winter's coming early, envoys leave without a deal, "Expect the war continues," that's the quote that's cold and real, History keeps score here, every ceasefire that fell through, Minsk and all the others, promises that never grew, So skepticism lingers in the voices on the ground, Hope's a fragile currency where the shelling makes its sound. [Outro] So the piano fades on Kyiv, still waiting for the thaw, Diplomacy and shelling, both still writing up the law, October twenty-third, remember what you learned today, Talks and tanks together — that's the news, that's how it lays. [Chorus] Talks resume while rockets fly, Kyiv Independent, BBC, tell you why, Peace is spoken, war is shown, October twenty-third, the gap is clearly known, Hold that picture, hold that line, Negotiation table, bombing still on time.
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