[Intro]

A gate blinks red, then blinks again,
Waiting on a name to clear.
Somewhere past a thousand tickets,
One green checkmark might appear.

[Verse 1]

Mara requests administrator.
Security answers, always the same:
"Please obtain approval from the owner."
No one knows the owner's name.

[Verse 2]

The owner field contains a mailbox.
The mailbox closed the year before.
To reopen it requires permission
From the role they're asking for.

[Verse 3]

Dev can read but cannot deploy.
Ops can deploy but cannot see.
Skyward owns the root account,
But says their policy disagrees.

[Pre-Chorus]

Grant the role, deny the scope.
Attach a rule to preserve hope.
Pass the token down the chain.
Start the access form again.

[Chorus]

Identity and access to nothing,
Every door confirms our name.
We can prove that we are trusted.
We can prove the token's true.
Identity and access to nothing
Still denies what we must do.

[Verse 4]

Klaus receives a temporary login
That expires before it loads.
A developer gets full production
Through an obsolete group code.

[Verse 5]

The audit team demands restriction.
The project team demands more speed.
Victor says, "Empower the people."
Legal says, "Approve each need."

[Verse 6]

Mara draws the role inheritance
Across a wall from floor to frame.
Thirty arrows cross a service
With no human-readable name.

[Pre-Chorus]

Grant the role, deny the scope.
Rotate the key and revoke hope.
Pass the token down the chain.
Start the access form again.

[Chorus]

Identity and access to nothing,
Every door confirms our name.
We can prove that we are trusted.
We can prove the token's true.
Identity and access to nothing
Still denies what we must do.

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Mara finds the highest privilege
In a script from sprint thirteen.
It belongs to "migration-temp-user,"
Last authenticated at seventeen.
She deletes the inherited access.
The team can work for three clear minutes.

[Break]

Who are you?
Authenticated.
What can you do?
Not authorized.
Why does this exist?
To keep access standardized.

[Final Chorus]

Identity and access to nothing,
Every gate repeats our name.
We have proved that we are trusted.
Still the system won't allow
Identity and access to nothing
To reach the thing we're building now.

[Outro]

A final token slowly times out.
The five-note figure almost lands.
Mara closes thirty browser tabs
And writes "simplify" across her hands.
