[Verse 1] NATO's gathering in a room where the pressure's running thick The chief's got a sales pitch polished smooth, gotta make the numbers click Trump's watching from the sideline and the allies feel the weight Europe's pulling out its wallet, biggest guns since forty-eight Rearmament rolling westward like a freight train on the map Cold War echoes shaking loose from every funding gap [Chorus] Europe's making moves on a Sunday afternoon Canada's in the war room singing Ukraine's borrowed tune Parcels stuck at borders, diplomats on the floor July fifth, twenty-twenty-six, knocking at the door [Verse 2] Canada Post said sorry, put the brakes on shipping runs Duty rules from Brussels mean the parcels weigh like tons Some EU countries sitting there with empty-handed freight New regulations landed and the packages must wait Winnipeg to Warsaw, CBC was on the case Supply chains kinking sideways at a bureaucratic pace [Chorus] Europe's making moves on a Sunday afternoon Canada's in the war room singing Ukraine's borrowed tune Parcels stuck at borders, diplomats on the floor July fifth, twenty-twenty-six, knocking at the door [Verse 3] So the summit's on the razor and the Europeans vow Major military backing, not tomorrow — right here now The chief needs every member reading from the very same script Or the whole grand coalition gets itself completely flipped [Verse 4] Zelensky's on the wire with a message carved in stone Tell the western partners that Ukraine won't stand alone Carney's shaking hands across the table, pen in grip Every dollar pledged is just another iron ship The cameras roll in Brussels and the microphones are hot Forty nations in the ledger, giving all they've got [Bridge] Neil Kinnock says rejoin the EU, call it patriot blood Britain's out here standing in its self-constructed mud António Costa's opening the Irish presidency wide While Canada and NATO members pledge to walk beside Ukraine's side [Verse 5] So the calendars are circled and the planners mark the date The coalition's hardening before it gets too late Defense lines drawn on paper in a language built for war Every handshake in that hallway is what diplomats are for [Chorus] Europe's making moves on a Sunday afternoon Canada's in the war room singing Ukraine's borrowed tune Parcels stuck at borders, diplomats on the floor July fifth, twenty-twenty-six, knocking at the door [Outro] That's your Europe update, ink still wet upon the page Five days into July and the continent's all the rage
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