[Intro: Marching Drums]

One red flag on the calendar wall.
Then fifteen more, each taller than all.
The meeting begins with one practical question:
"Which fire is first?" "Yes."

[Anthemic Chorus: Gang Vocals]

Everything Is Priority One!
Raise the flag and pound the gong.
Every promise feeds the fire,
Every deadline climbs still higher.
Mark it red and pass it on—
Everything Is Priority One!

[Verse 1]

Sales brings an enterprise deal:
"Custom tax rules will make this one real.
Private dashboards, exports on call,
Regional pricing to handle it all."

Marketing wheels in its campaign:
"The palette looks tired. We must change the name.
We'll tease the relaunch for twenty-one days."
The launch is next Thursday. The room says, "Amazing."

[Verse 2]

Victor speaks last from the head of the table:
"I told the press we are A-I-enabled.
Make it feel effortless, fearless, complete.
My keynote begins at the start of next week."

PREE-yah taps twice on a failure report:
"Authentication collapses at scale.
Payments lose state when the traffic runs hot."
Victor says, "Fix that as well. Why would we not?"

[Pre-Chorus]

LEE-on writes red beside every demand.
One becomes six at the stroke of his hand.
Daniel asks, "Which one reaches the gate?"
The room answers back: "Every one. Do not wait."

[Chorus: Gang Vocals]

Everything Is Priority One!
Raise the flag and pound the gong.
Every promise feeds the fire,
Every deadline climbs still higher.
Mark it red and pass it on—
Everything Is Priority One!

[Verse 3]

Finance wants margin. Legal wants proof.
Operations wants a fire-resistant roof.
Support wants one button that handles each case.
Design wants six weeks to simplify space.

[Chorus: Gang Vocals]

Everything Is Priority One!
Raise the flag and pound the gong.
Every promise feeds the fire,
Every deadline climbs still higher.
Mark it red and pass it on—
Everything Is Priority One!

[Breakdown 1: Call and Response]

[Supporting Vocal: Sales]
"This deal will change the year!"
[Supporting Vocal: Marketing]
"The launch must happen here!"
[Male Vocal: Victor]
"The market will not wait!"
[Female Vocal: Priya]
"The build is not yet safe!"

[Breakdown 2: Call and Response]

[Male Vocal: Daniel]
"The estimate is eight!"
[Male Vocal: Leon]
"Could we present it as five?"
[Gang Vocals]
"Make every date accelerate!"
"And keep the scope alive!"

[Instrumental Break: Double-Kick and Guitar]

[Bridge]

Red icon over red icon in a vertical line.
Top ranking, reused for the twentieth time.
A priority without sacrifice is a wish in formal dress.
Still nobody removes their promise from the mess.

[Build-up]

LEE-on lifts the laser. The four-note fanfare plays.
He points it at the impossible and gives the room its phrase.
The red flags blur together. The deadline marches on.
The sixteenth fire is waiting before the fifteenth one is gone.

[Final Chorus: Gang Vocals]

Everything Is Priority One!
Raise the flag and pound the gong.
Every risk and every flaw
Joins the clause beneath each clause.
Till the product comes undone—
Everything Is Priority One!

[Chorus Reprise: Gang Vocals]

Everything Is Priority One!
Say it loud and call it done.
When the fifteenth fire is drawn,
We will light the sixteenth one.
Mark it red and pass it on—
Everything Is Priority One!

[Outro]

Priority One for the code overgrown.
Priority One for the feature unknown.
The meeting adjourns. The whole team is numb.
Then one more Priority One request comes.
