The lyrics that prompted me to open this thread are as follows:

Foreclosure of a Dream by the Prophet Mustaine of the Church of Megadeth.

Rise so high, yet so far to fall.
A plan of dignity and balance for all.
Political breakthrough, euphorias high.
More borrowed money, more borrowed time.
Backed in a corner, caught up in the race.
Means to an end ended in disgrace.
Perspective is lost in the spirit of the chase.

/chorus/
Foreclosure of a dream,
Those visions never seen,
Until all is lost,
Personal holocaust.
Foreclosure of a dream.

Barren land that once filled a need,
Are worthless now, dead without a deed.
Slipping away from an iron grip,
Natures scales are forced to tip,
The heartland cries, loss of all pride.
To leave aint believing, so try and be tried.
Insufficient funds, insanity and suicide.

/chorus/

Now with new hope some will be proud.
This is no hoax, no one pushed out.
Receive a reprieve and be a pioneer.
Break new ground of a new frontier.
New ideas will surely get by.
No deed, or dividend. some may ask why?
Youll find the solution, the answers in the sky.

Rise so high, yet so far to fall.
A plan of dignity and balance for all.
Political breakthrough, euphorias high.
More borrowed money, more borrowed time.

/chorus/

Holocaust

Lyrics written before 1992 (album release was that year) yet they seem like they are written this year, don't they? Sure, housing markets and recessions happen - perhaps these lyrics were simply a result of the 1989 market dip? In any event, I found the parallel to today quite uncanny.

+Well yeah I have a few I wrote years ago. Problem is you would
have to accept my word on when they were written.
Here's one I wrote while watching the events happening in
Tianenmen square back in 90 (?) called, what else? - Tianenmen

Chinese dying out in streets, chinese dying for democracy
Chinese may still learn the fact that every system is on you back
Break your back to fatten the Fed, no longer the night of the living reds
Change going down in Tianenmen square, we don't know what
But we do know where - Tianenmen

Turn the hierarchy on it's head, No Mao Now! is what they said
Chinese dying for democracy, perhaps someday they'll die for anarchy
Lady liberty raised in false hope, coming soon - Amway and coke
If they survive to oust the Premier, they can still look forward
to living in fear - tianenmen

Too bad they bought the American dream
Democracy's not what the media seems
They've never heard the cries of the negro slaves
or the spirits of the Cherookee from their graves
while I write a report comes on, 500 hundred dead,
maybe more gunned down, change coming down in tianenmen square
god only knows what but we do know where -
tianenmen

I have a bunch more but I thought I'd keep it to one. This was
from back in my anarchist days.

BTW forecloseure of a dream is a great song. I've always though
Megadeth was extremely progressive for a metal band.

[edit on 15-9-2009 by Asktheanimals]

thes lyrics amaze me every time i hear it, from the decline by nofx, released 1999:

The going get tough, the tough get debt
Don't pay attention, pay the rent
Next of kins pay for your sins
A little faith should keep us safe

Save us
The human, existence
Is failing, resistance
Essential, the future
Written off, the odds are
Astronomically against us
Only moron and genius
Would fight a losing battle
Against the super ego
When giving in is so damn comforting

And so we go, on with our lives
We know the truth, but prefer lies
Lies are simple, simple is bliss
Why go against tradition when we can
Admit defeat, live in decline
Be the victim of our own design
The status quo, built on suspect
Why would anyone stick out their neck?

maybe not predicicting anything in particular but applies to our current situation.