Ticking Clock For Peace

Verse 1

Zelenskyy stood before the press today

Said Washington had drawn a line in May

A June deadline, a ticking clock

Trump deployed it like a foreign policy talk

Before the midterms steal the stage away

Two nations bleeding, and the world just waits

Chorus

There's a clock on the wall, and it's counting down

June is coming, will the guns lay down?

From Kyiv to the Kremlin, through the Washington halls

Somebody's gotta answer when the deadline calls

Ticking clock for peace, ticking clock for peace

Verse 2

The Washington Post says Russia's at the door

Proposing huge economic deals and more

Trying to win America's embrace

While Ukraine's foreign minister makes his case

Reuters heard him say it plain and clear

"Only Trump can stop the war from here"

Chorus

There's a clock on the wall, and it's counting down

June is coming, will the guns lay down?

From Kyiv to the Kremlin, through the Washington halls

Somebody's gotta answer when the deadline calls

Ticking clock for peace, ticking clock for peace

Verse 3

NPR and NBC and Axios report

Diplomacy reduced to something short

A calendar page, a line drawn in the sand

Accelerate the talks, that's the demand

Ukraine's minister calls for faster days

While millions hold their breath in quiet ways

Bridge

And who decides when enough's enough?

When the deals are big but the road is rough

Somewhere between the power and the pain

Ordinary people pray for sun through rain

June will come no matter what they say

The question is what breaks before that day

Chorus

There's a clock on the wall, and it's counting down

June is coming, will the guns lay down?

From Kyiv to the Kremlin, through the Washington halls

Somebody's gotta answer when the deadline calls

Ticking clock for peace, ticking clock for peace

Inspired by real events. Names, details, and narrative may be fictionalized.