Music 34. The Great Cratering (Amethios)

[Pre-Chorus]
🔷 They told us it would be okay,
🔷 They printed trillions anyway,
🔷 You can’t make money out of air,
🔷 And now the bill is finally there.

[Chorus 1]
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, watch it fall,
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, takes it all,
🔷 Every asset, every dime,
🔷 We were warned this whole damn time,
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, here at last,
🔷 Free money sure does crater fast.

[Verse 2]
🔷 Food and rent keep climbing high,
🔷 People watch their savings die,
🔷 Businesses are shutting down,
🔷 Bankruptcies in every town,
🔷 Tariffs choking what we need,
🔷 Supply chains bleed from endless greed,
🔷 AI took the jobs away,
🔷 Can’t afford another day.

[Chorus 2]
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, hear it crack,
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, no way back,
🔷 Homes are lost and shelves are bare,
🔷 Lawless hunters everywhere,
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, feel the weight,
🔷 We saw it coming, turned too late.

[Bridge]
🔷 The banks will fail, the brokers too,
🔷 Bail-ins take what’s left of you,
🔷 Counterparty risk is real,
🔷 Nothing’s safe that you can’t feel,
🔷 If you cannot hold the thing,
🔷 You own nothing but a string,
🔷 Only what is hard survives,
🔷 Gold and silver save our lives.

[Chorus 3]
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, let it roar,
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, to the core,
🔷 Paper burns but metal stays,
🔷 Hard assets live beyond the blaze,
🔷 It’s the Great Cratering, running through,
🔷 Only real things pull you through.

[Outtro]
🔷 When the dust has cleared the land,
🔷 Only gold is in your hand,
🔷 Silver shining, cold and true,
🔷 That’s the only thing that grew,
🔷 Through the Great Cratering’s endless night,
🔷 Hard assets are the only light.