"Orders Cliff"
A Global Economic Anthem
[News Sample]
(CNN anchor voice, urgent, over a deep bass thump)
"Breaking—U.S. import orders plunge 37% in a single month..."
[Verse 1]
Coffee cups freeze mid-air on Wall Street,
Houston docks drown in steel winter.
Exchange rates tango on shattered glass,
Tariffs slit the supply chain’s throat at last.
[Pre-Chorus]
Screens scream in emergency red,
Soybeans and microchips beg in spreadsheets.
The Fed’s inkwell’s running dry,
Dongguan’s lights dim before goodbye.
[Chorus]
This avalanche has no winners!
(Orders cliff!) Numbers crash like a landslide.
From Seoul to Munich, assembly lines
Suddenly lose their voice overnight.
[Verse 2]
Vietnam’s overtime pay disappears,
L.A. truckers drown in loan arrears.
Economists rewrite their seventh draft,
Trade wars don’t end with fairy-tale math.
[Bridge · Data Storm]
(Synth mimics stock market crash)
"Q2 2023 decline..." A robotic voice cuts
Through Brussels’ emergency room hush,
Emerging markets cough up rust.
[Chorus Variation]
This is domino’s suicide note!
(Protectionism!) Every price tag hides a blade.
When Shanghai’s cranes freeze in the haze,
Detroit’s revival starts to fade.
[Outro · Geopolitical Echo]
(Globe spinning, sound distorting)
Tokyo’s watches rust in crates,
Dhaka’s T-shirts pile to the sky.
New York shelves grow hollow inside,
While Bitcoin laughs on the dark web’s side.