[Verse 1] NATO's gathering in the halls, the leaders take their seats Starmer's rallying every ally, working through the beats Washington and Brussels got a canyon running wide Tensions loom above the room like thunder trapped inside Carney's doubling down on NATO, flying in with weight While Trump wants proof of firepower — somebody demonstrate [Chorus] Europe's at a crossroads, the cracks run deep and long Some say splintering's the medicine, the fracture makes it strong A reckoning is knocking at the continent's front door July seventh, twenty-twenty-six — what are we building for? [Verse 2] In the crowd somebody chanted "send them back" out loud Amnesty called that the moment — racism unallowed A reckoning confronting what the continent won't name Europe looking in the mirror, asking who's to blame The EU's splintering, the Wall Street Journal writes it plain Some say breaking is the only cure for institutional pain [Chorus] Europe's at a crossroads, the cracks run deep and long Some say splintering's the medicine, the fracture makes it strong A reckoning is knocking at the continent's front door July seventh, twenty-twenty-six — what are we building for? [Verse 3] The defense budgets climbing, every parliament debates Two percent or more — the pressure lands on smaller states Younger generations watching borders harden fast Asking if the postwar order's crumbling like the past Poland's reinforcing, Baltic nations hold their breath Everybody calculating distances from death The diplomats keep drafting language, careful, measured, slow While soldiers train in winter fields beneath the frozen snow [Bridge] Washington Post says Russia's waiting, patience wearing thin Europe bracing for a provocation — where does that begin? Arms deals on the NATO table, proving firepower's real But unity's the one commodity they struggle still to seal The speeches land like hammers but the follow-through is thin Every closed-door session hides the fractures locked within History is watching every handshake, every vow The question isn't if it matters — it's a matter of how [Chorus] Europe's at a crossroads, the cracks run deep and long Some say splintering's the medicine, the fracture makes it strong A reckoning is knocking at the continent's front door July seventh, twenty-twenty-six — what are we building for? [Outro] Summits end and headlines fade but the questions don't dissolve July seventh left its fingerprint on problems still to solve Starmer spoke, Carney flew in, the chants hung in the air Europe's story stays unfinished — pull up a seat and stare
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