[Intro]

Welcome to the service layer.
Please select a service tier.
Every need has been anticipated.
Every answer starts from here.

[Verse 1]

Need a queue?
We have a queue.
Need a queue to watch the queue?
There is a managed monitoring service
With a dashboard built for you.

[Verse 2]

Need a key?
We store the key.
Need a key to grant the key?
Add a policy evaluation engine
Priced per identity.

[Verse 3]

Mara asks for one small application,
Simple traffic, modest load.
Skyward opens seventeen tabs
And redraws the access road.

[Pre-Chorus]

Name the problem, pick a plan.
Add a gateway where you can.
Every feature, every call
Needs another service wall.

[Chorus]

Everything as a service,
Every service has a fee.
Every fee unlocks a service
That authenticates the key.
Build a platform for the platform
That was built for simplicity.

[Verse 4]

They propose a mesh for traffic,
Then a mesh to watch the mesh,
Then a tracing aggregation
So the diagrams stay fresh.

[Verse 5]

Logs require a log processor.
Metrics need a metrics lake.
Alerts require an alert broker
Just to keep the alerts awake.

[Verse 6]

A static page receives a cluster,
Private subnet, gateway pair.
Three environments, four accounts
And twelve roles to put it there.

[Pre-Chorus]

Add a broker, add a zone.
Never leave one tool alone.
Every answer, every call
Needs another service wall.

[Chorus]

Everything as a service,
Every service has a fee.
Every fee unlocks a service
That authenticates the key.
Scale the grand complexity,
Built to bill for simplicity.

[Synth Interlude]

[Bridge]

Skyward raises the golden certificate.
Mara asks who runs the system
When the managed service isn't right.
"Shared responsibility,"
Says the consultant with a smile.
The responsibility stays with Mara's file.

[Build-up]

Database as a service.
Function as a service.
Workflow as a service.
Failure as a service.
Exit as a premium
Professional service.

[Final Chorus]

Everything as a service,
Every service feeds the fee.
Every fee conceals a service
That controls dependency.
Mara pulls the power from the projector.
For one full second, nothing needs a machine.

[Outro]

Five notes scatter into echoes,
Each one billed as its own line.
The room returns to ordinary light.
The consultants save the diagram.
Victor calls the darkness "resistance."
Skyward adds a change-management plan.