[Verse 1]
Nineteen seventy-three, the world shifts beneath our feet
Headlines scream "pump shortage" but economists dig deep
What looks like simple scarcity masks a complex beast
Cost structures crumble while inflation's feast begins
[Chorus]
More than meets the eye, more than meets the eye
Oil's the amplifier, not the reason why
Cost plus expectations plus the policy dance
Regime break unfolding, nothing left to chance
More than meets the eye
[Verse 2]
Canada and America watch their foundations shake
Bretton Woods already dead, new rules they'll have to make
The macro puzzle pieces don't fit the old design
When central banks start scrambling, you know it's paradigm time
[Chorus]
More than meets the eye, more than meets the eye
Oil's the amplifier, not the reason why
Cost plus expectations plus the policy dance
Regime break unfolding, nothing left to chance
More than meets the eye
[Bridge]
Inflation inertia builds momentum like a train
Once expectations spiral, they're so hard to contain
The oil shock's just the trigger for what was bound to break
A monetary system's final earthquake
[Verse 3]
Global markets reeling from the structural divide
Old economic models can no longer be their guide
The pump lines tell one story, the Fed tells another
But underneath lies transformation, one regime to another
[Chorus]
More than meets the eye, more than meets the eye
Oil's the amplifier, not the reason why
Cost plus expectations plus the policy dance
Regime break unfolding, nothing left to chance
More than meets the eye
[Outro]
When you see the surface, remember to look twice
Every crisis carries its own economic price
Seventy-three's the watershed where old assumptions die
Always more than meets the eye