[Verse 1] Brussels keeps the silence sealed behind a frosted door While voices in the street demand a reckoning and more They call it self-imposed irrelevance, a title no one wants Criticism rising over Israel, but the chamber only shrugs and flaunts [Chorus] Spin the dial, Europe's turning slow Headlines swirling where the synths glow October tenth, the story unwinds Catch the pulse before it leaves our minds [Verse 2] Across the wire from Beijing a quieter deal takes hold Hybrid cars and rare earth metals, numbers newly told An interim trade deal, envoys shaking hands tonight Chinese exports trimmed a little, tension loosened, held upright [Verse 3] Putin runs his shadow war in cables cut and skies unknown Europe searches for an answer, something sharper than a tone Not a bullet, not a bluff, but a way to strike the nerve While forty-six new mineral projects give the bloc reserve [Chorus] Spin the dial, Europe's turning slow Headlines swirling where the synths glow October tenth, the story unwinds Catch the pulse before it leaves our minds [Verse 4] Ethiopia's conflict spreading, statements carved in diplomatic stone The High Representative speaking up, the region not alone And the Council marks a day against the rope and the decree Two voices joined together, calling for the world to see [Verse 5] Childhood scars get counted now, in ledgers thick and bare Iceland, Norway, twenty-seven states, the WHO lays costs out there Every bruise becomes a number, every number tells a cost Europe studies what its children in the quiet years have lost [Verse 6] Migration numbers climbing as the borders tighten more Parliament debates the quota, arguments from shore to shore Energy ministers haggling over gas reserves and price While farmers march on Brussels, asking someone to think twice A continent of contradictions, policies in flux Every summit just a mirror held to all its hopes and bucks The currency stays steady though the politics run wild Europe raises up its banner like a weary, stubborn child [Bridge] Rare earth, shadow war, a silence on the Israel line Forty-six projects drilling deeper, critical and fine Every ministry a needle skipping through the news Europe spins between its stillness and the choice to move [Chorus] Spin the dial, Europe's turning slow Headlines swirling where the synths glow October tenth, the story unwinds Catch the pulse before it leaves our minds [Chorus] Spin the dial, Europe's turning slow Headlines swirling where the synths glow October tenth, the story unwinds Catch the pulse before it leaves our minds [Outro] Tenth of October, the record keeps on turning Europe's news still humming, low and softly burning Fade it out, let the static clear Tomorrow's headlines waiting near
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