[Intro]

Monday morning, nine o'clock.
Forty new notes on the wall.
Nobody remembers
who wrote the first one at all.

[Verse]

Every desk gets five new words this week,
SHOCKING guards the door that doesn't squeak.
EXPOSED joins it by the coffee machine,
UNBELIEVABLE hogs the clock, pristine.
BREAKING has taken over Frank's own chair,
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is taped up everywhere.
The S-E-O chief rings a bell:
"Strong emotion drives the sell."

[Chorus]

Power words on yellow notes,
Little paper traffic boats.
Stick them high and stick them low,
Tell the reader where to go.
Truth may enter when it fits—
First we make them want the hits.

[Verse]

Maya writes: "Council Records Show
Harbor Contracts Broke the Flow."
The S-E-O says, "Too revealed—
Can the subject stay concealed?"
Frank peels "SHOCKING" from his wall,
Sticks it on the fire-drill call.
"This is shocking," Frank makes clear.
"The extinguisher expired last year."

[Pre-Chorus]

Urgent. Secret. Massive. Wild.
Write the newsroom like a child.

[Chorus]

Power words on yellow notes,
Little paper traffic boats.
Stick them high and stick them low,
Promise thunder, serve them snow.
If the article is calm and clear,
Add one word that smells like fear.

[Drum Break]

SHOCKING! EXPOSED! URGENT! REVEALED!

[Frank]
MILDLY INTERESTING!

[SEO]
Not approved.

[Frank]
PREDICTABLY OCCURRED!

[SEO]
Frank.

[Bridge]

Maya folds one yellow square,
Writes on the back in red ink there:
"Facts do not improve when oversold."
Gordon reads "THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING."
Nobody knows what.

[Final Chorus]

Power words on yellow notes,
Now they're growing little coats
Over every careful line
Until nothing sounds benign.
SHOCKING, SECRET, MUST-SEE, HUGE—
Frank adds one: "USEFUL."

[Outro]

One note lands face-down
beside Maya's notebook.

She leaves it there.
