[Verse 1]
Maple leaf on my chest, yeah, I pledge that
Then I scroll through the feed, it's a dead chat
East side, west side, same sky, split map
Red and white, but the lines got a pitch-black
Prairies feel pressure in the pipeline
North cold, but the south got a hot mind
French tongue, English tongue, thin line
Every border just a bruise in a long grind
[Chorus]
Canada at war with itself
Same flag, two hands on the belt
Pull tight till the fabric tears
We all bleed in the same thin air
Red and white waves collide
Snow falls on both our sides
If we burn down our own front door
Tell me who we fighting for? (who we fighting for?)
[Verse 2]
Grandma praying in a small-town Sunday
Kid spray-painting on a statue Monday
Old wounds carved in the rock, they don't fade
New courts signed on the land they never gave
Big talk coming from a bright screen
Black truck rolling through a white dream
Everybody pick a side for the livestream
But I still hear the drum in the ice, deep
[Chorus]
Canada at war with itself
Same flag, two hands on the belt
Pull tight till the fabric tears
We all bleed in the same thin air
Red and white waves collide
Snow falls on both our sides
If we burn down our own front door
Tell me who we fighting for? (yeah, who we fighting for?)
[Bridge]
From the harbor to the steel stacks
From the longhouse to the tall glass
We can fight or we can fall back
Or build a new path, write a new pact
[Chorus]
Canada at war with itself
Same flag, two hands on the belt
Pull tight till the fabric tears
We all bleed in the same thin air
Red and white waves collide
Snow falls on both our sides
If we tear down our own front door
Let it open to something more (something more)