[Verse 1] Summit lights dimmed down but the paperwork's just waking First measures rolling out, Le Monde's got the details breaking Not just a photo op, not a handshake for the cameras This is customs lanes and classrooms, this is real-world dramas Carney and the leaders traded speeches for a strategy Affordability, opportunity, a little more sovereignty Three words on the banner but the bones go deeper still Trade routes redrawn slow, like water finding where to spill [Chorus] Canada and Europe, closer than they've been in years Not an overnight romance, it's measured, drawn in tiers Students packing bags for schools across the sea Watch the the small print turn to policy Canada and Europe, writing it in ink Slow builds last longer than you'd think [Verse 2] Toronto Star's got the scoop, students heading overseas Access to EU schools, tuition breaks and exchange fees cut with ease A kid from Scarborough in a Lisbon lecture hall Learning in a language that her grandma used to call Al Jazeera frames it wider, world's gone shaky at the hinges Allies hunting steady ground while the old order singes So two players on the map decide to lean in, hold the line Not a cure-all, just a hedge against the troubled time [Verse 3] Experts on CityNews say don't rush the calendar 'Associate' status ain't a sprint, it's a slow-cooked matter Years of talks ahead, committees, clauses, fine details Like building out a bridge before you let the traffic sail CPAC caught the press conference, leaders shoulder to shoulder Nobody promised instant, but the handshake's getting bolder So file this one under patience, not a finish line today Just the second chapter written in a book that's here to stay [Bridge] Reuters counts the numbers, billions moving cross the line Defense deals and digital trade, signatures align Not every border softens, not every tariff falls But the architecture's shifting, hear it in the halls From Brussels boardrooms to the Hill, the language keeps evolving Partnership in practice beats a promise left unresolving History's full of treaties that were signed and then forgot This one's got a pulse to it, a steady, patient shot [Chorus] Canada and Europe, closer than they've been in years Not an overnight romance, it's measured, drawn in tiers Students packing bags for schools across the sea Watch the small print turn to policy Canada and Europe, writing it in ink Slow builds last longer than you'd think [Outro] November first, the ink still wet, the ceasefire on the worry Nothing's finished, nothing's rushed, good things rarely hurry
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