[Intro]

They shook my hand beside the screen,
A stalled deploy still bleeding red.
Four notes rang out through the amp —
Three would land. One stayed jammed.

[Verse]

Leon said, "Daniel, you earned this chair,
A steady hand the team can trust."
Sabine just smiled and shut the door
While seven alerts blinked red and died.
No scope was drawn. No hours freed.
Just one more line beneath my name.

[Pre-Chorus]

The card said growth. The room said grace.
Then every fault line found my face.

[Chorus]

Congratulations, you're responsible,
For every promise made impossible.
You own the outcome, not the decision,
Carry the blame with practiced precision.
Congratulations — here's the fall.

[Verse]

Nora asks who moved the scope.
Maya says the numbers lied.
Owen needs one honest choice.
The Director looks aside:
"Keep it quiet. Keep it clean.
Confidence before eight fifteen."
Three lists marked urgent, all the same.
Every path cuts down to blame.

[Pre-Chorus]

I wore the badge. I took the key.
No one said what I could free.

[Chorus]

Congratulations, you're responsible,
For every promise made impossible.
You own the outcome, not the decision,
Carry the blame with practiced precision.
Congratulations — take the call.

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

I thought this chair could clear the way,
Could choose what mattered, own the call.
But power stayed right where it always was —
They'd only promoted the problem too.

[Final Chorus]

Congratulations, I'm responsible,
For making human limits look negotiable.
I own the outcome, not the decision —
A polished sentence for a broken system.
The applause is gone. The screens burn blue.
I'm responsible for Project Phoenix too.

[Outro]

The office empties after nine.
My old task waits beside the sign.
Four notes circle through the room —
Three fall short. One won't move.
