[Verse 1] A category that doesn't exist yet, scholars scratching their heads Dalhousie's got professors debating what "associate" means instead Not quite member, not quite stranger, something new upon the chart Canada knocking on the Union's door with a brand new kind of heart Eighty-two percent of Canadians, poll says, feel the tariff sting Mario Canseco counts the numbers while Ottawa looks toward the ring of twenty-seven partners, trading tech and trading trust Carney stood before Parliament, said the old road turned to dust [Chorus] Europa, Europa, escucha bien, the headlines of the day Canada girando, pivoting, away from the USA Nueva alianza, new alliance, written in the autumn light Europa, Europa, canto fuerte, teaching you tonight [Verse 2] But the far right's climbing ladders while the center holds its breath CBC says populists are gaining ground up north and west Meanwhile poverty rates are falling, the study says it's true Though gaps between the regions still are showing through and through Moldova and Ukraine are knocking, asking Brussels, "Let us in" An alternative to NATO while Russia redraws lines again EUobserver calls it an Iron Curtain, stitched in modern thread Accession as a shelter, where the old alliance used to tread [Chorus] Europa, Europa, escucha bien, the headlines of the day Canada girando, pivoting, away from the USA Nueva alianza, new alliance, written in the autumn light Europa, Europa, canto fuerte, teaching you tonight [Bridge] If a factory makes the weapons and the Russians strike the gate The EU's defense chief warns it: Article Five, that's the trigger, that's the weight One attack on arms production, treaty wakes like thunder's clap Mutual defense isn't paper — it's a promise, not a trap [Verse 3] So Carney spoke at Parliament, address on foreign ground Technology cooperation, value flowing all around Businesses are watching, borders bending, old maps torn Canada's not choosing distance — a new category's born [Chorus] Europa, Europa, escucha bien, the headlines of the day Canada girando, pivoting, away from the USA Nueva alianza, new alliance, written in the autumn light Europa, Europa, canto fuerte, teaching you tonight [Verse 4] Analysts in London, analysts in Berlin too Measuring the distance between the old world and the new Supply chains redrawing, energy and grain Every summit brings another thread to the refrain Will the associate status hold when winter tests the ties? Will the numbers keep on climbing under grey November skies? History is watching, writing footnotes as it goes A continent in transit, and nobody fully knows
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