[Verse 1]
Pipeline dreams beneath the Baltic Sea
Germany thought cheap gas meant being free
Russia smiled and laid the trap so deep
Economic bonds that made the West go to sleep
Nord Stream flowing, warnings were ignored
Strategic blindness cut like a double-edged sword
[Chorus]
Three questions every realist should know
Why did pipelines through dangerous waters flow
Why can't Europe stand as one defense
What happens when the energy music ends
Ask the hard questions, see the world as it is
Geopolitics is a dangerous quiz
[Verse 2]
Twenty-seven nations, twenty-seven ways
Each one guarding sovereignty's maze
France wants nuclear, Germany goes green
Poland fears the bear, Italy's in between
History haunts every border line
Makes unity harder to define
[Chorus]
Three questions every realist should know
Why did pipelines through dangerous waters flow
Why can't Europe stand as one defense
What happens when the energy music ends
Ask the hard questions, see the world as it is
Geopolitics is a dangerous quiz
[Bridge]
When the windmills turn and solar panels shine
Will Europe rise or fall behind
Clean energy means power shifting hands
From oil kingdoms to lithium lands
The transition holds both risk and might
Choose the path and choose it right
[Verse 3]
Energy was leverage, energy was chains
Putin pulled the strings through European veins
Now the continent must learn to stand alone
Build the batteries, make the grid their own
Independence costs but dependence costs much more
That's what Nord Stream taught before the war
[Final Chorus]
Three questions every realist should know
Strategic risks can steal the show
Unity's hard when interests clash
Energy transition needs no dash
Ask the hard questions, see the world as it is
Pass the geopolitical quiz
[Outro]
Nord Stream bubbles rising to the surface now
Europe's learning independence somehow
The realist asks why and sees what's true
The world's a stage, what will you do