[Verse 1] March 2020, two weeks they said Plans on paper, assumptions dead Supply chains snapped like brittle wire While models claimed this can't transpire Demand crashed down, supply dried up Economics textbooks gave up [Chorus] Recent records rewrite the rules Black swans make our playbooks fools Pandemic, war, and currency fall Dominoes tumbling, taking us all Recent records, the newest scars Show us exactly how fragile we are [Verse 2] February dawn, tanks crossed the line Ukraine burning, supply chains died No operations in either nation Still felt the economic devastation Neon gas from Mariupol Made every microchip install [Chorus] Recent records rewrite the rules Black swans make our playbooks fools Pandemic, war, and currency fall Dominoes tumbling, taking us all Recent records, the newest scars Show us exactly how fragile we are [Bridge] Turkish lira lurched and bled Eighty percent value shed Not one crash but grinding pain Lebanon's banks won't pay again Sri Lanka's debut default scene Argentina's inflation screams [Verse 3] Theater scripts and tabletop games Can't prepare for real-world flames When currencies melt like summer snow And sanctions change with each news show Physical presence, gone overnight Regulatory whiplash, left and right [Chorus] Recent records rewrite the rules Black swans make our playbooks fools Pandemic, war, and currency fall Dominoes tumbling, taking us all Recent records, the newest scars Show us exactly how fragile we are [Outro] Multi-year transformations Cascade through all the nations Recent records teach us well Business continuity's hard to tell
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