[Intro]
Marker caps click in the morning room
Red lines wait on the table
I point to the clause

[Verse 1]
Core facts still guard the gate
Name, time, place—prove them first
Rewritten threshold opens wider
Developing now clears the first report
Publish the center, mark the border
Add each update to the page

[Chorus]
Everything is breaking news
Stamp it red, run it through
Core facts locked, still more to confirm
Everything is breaking news
Verification continues
Move when the timing chart says move

[Verse 2]
The timing chart hangs over coffee
Lost minutes stacked in black
They called it live while we were waiting
For one more careful draft
Nina asks, “Where do we track what’s pending?”
I answer, “Add it. Keep us on track.”

[Pre-Chorus]
Source it, tag it
Date it, flag it
Core confirmed, questions remain
If it changes, show the change

[Chorus]
Everything is breaking news
Stamp it red, run it through
Core facts locked, still more to confirm
Everything is breaking news
Verification continues
Move when the timing chart says move
(Everything, everything)

[Bridge]
Minutes in columns, breath held flat
Paper edges line the glass
Nina cuts in, “Track the unconfirmed,
or speed starts slowing itself.”
I put the safeguard in the plan
I add the field, no pause, no drag
Pending-confirmation field, line by line
A box for doubt, a lane for speed

[Instrumental Solo]

[Verse 3]
Red template loads before lunch is over
Pending field parked beside each name
Ben reads the revised exceptions
“They become rules once you give them a name”
Editors check the pending column
Then push the update to the page

[Chorus]
Everything is breaking news
Stamp it red, run it through
Core facts locked, still more to confirm
Everything is breaking news
Verification continues
Move when the timing chart says move
Everything is breaking news
Every desk knows what to do
Run the red template, keep checking too
We changed the rule to beat the clock
Everything is breaking news

[Outro]
Meeting adjourned, nobody leaves
Marker tray straight, policy clean
The room says it back
Everything is breaking news

[End]
