[Intro]
[Office buzzer, slammed door and immediate double-time riff]

[Verse 1]
Briefing book smashed against the wall,
Page nine made his number look small.
Coffee cup cracked by the red phone,
Three aides froze on polished stone.

[Pre-Chorus]
Lock every door, pull every shade,
The boss found a threat in the mess he made.

[Chorus]
Executive Tantrum, fist on the desk,
Orders get louder when answers get less.
A nation is not your personal brand,
We won't be ruled by an Executive Tantrum.

[Verse 2]
Legal said the order was barred,
He called them traitors and summoned the guards.
A young aide carried the unsigned decree,
Saw twelve floors down: cardboard, rain, and feet.

[Chorus]
Executive Tantrum, fist on the desk,
Orders get louder when answers get less.
A nation is not your personal brand,
We won't be ruled by an Executive Tantrum.

[Verse 3]
She copied the order down the hall,
Court, press, union, twenty in all.
Badge left shining under copier light,
Service stairs took her into the night.

[Break]
[Two-beat stops between each shouted line]

Fire the witness!
We heard the threat!
Break the record!
We copied it!

[Bridge]
A desk is not a throne,
A seal is not owned.
One empty badge in the air,
Ten more people start to dare.

[Instrumental]
[Twenty-four bars of frantic guitar and drum exchanges with abrupt full-band stops]

[Final Chorus]
Executive Tantrum, fist on the desk,
Your orders leak faster the louder you press.
No crown in the office, no unchecked command,
Your rage is not law in a citizen's land.

[Outro]
[Single office buzzer cut off by one final chord]

Badge on the copier.
Order in the rain.