Where the River Narrows Down

grunge american primitivism, dark chillstep, celtic

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Taiwan's foundries forge the chips we crave
Semiconductors from a single isle
When geography holds your future captive
One earthquake breaks the global file
Rare earth minerals from just three nations
Cobalt mines in Congo's dusty ground
Look for bottlenecks in your formations
Where the river narrows down

[Chorus]
S-P-O-F spells trouble brewing
Single points will make you fall
Concentration kills your future
Spread the risk or lose it all
Map the chokepoints, trace the vendors
Find where dependencies compound
Scan for shadows in your splendor
Where the river narrows down

[Verse 2]
Submarine cables cross the ocean floor
Ninety-nine percent of data streams
Through just fifteen landing points and no more
Fragile arteries for digital dreams
Your cloud provider's got three regions
But they all use Amazon's backbone spine
Redundancy becomes just a mirage when
The same root failure cuts each line

[Chorus]
S-P-O-F spells trouble brewing
Single points will make you fall
Concentration kills your future
Spread the risk or lose it all
Map the chokepoints, trace the vendors
Find where dependencies compound
Scan for shadows in your splendor
Where the river narrows down

[Bridge]
Tier one suppliers look diverse and clean
But dig deeper past the corporate veil
Same factory makes your rival's machine
When it burns, both product lines will fail
Critical path analysis reveals
The hidden threads that bind your fate
One supplier's bankruptcy deal
Can seal your entire market's gate

[Verse 3]
Container ports in just twelve cities
Handle eighty percent of global trade
Suez Canal blockage shows no pity
When your just-in-time plans start to fade
Geographic clustering seems so wise
Till natural disasters strike the hub
Diversify before the compromise
Leaves your supply chain in the mud

[Chorus]
S-P-O-F spells trouble brewing
Single points will make you fall
Concentration kills your future
Spread the risk or lose it all
Map the chokepoints, trace the vendors
Find where dependencies compound
Scan for shadows in your splendor
Where the river narrows down

[Outro]
Before the current sweeps you under
Chart the rapids you have found
Resilience lives in spreading thunder
Where the river narrows down

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