[Intro]

Beneath the code, in smaller type,
the ones who built it left their creed.
Not signed, not dated, barely seen —
a warning no one reads in time.

[Verse 1]

A note beside the billing call
said someone feared the quarter's fall.
The grammar bent, the spelling changed,
but every warning stayed the same.

[Verse 2]

One hand wrote brief and sharp in red.
One filled three paragraphs instead.
One left a date, one left a name,
one only wrote: do not rename.

[Verse 3]

The years appeared in coding style:
old commands beside new files.
Different tongues and different teams
had built one bridge beneath the screens.

[Refrain]

Comments in Forgotten Tongues,
warnings left by everyone.
Different words, a single thread:
keep this running when we're dead.
Comments in Forgotten Tongues —
every voice we never knew.

[Verse 4]

A former hand described the gate.
A student marked the invoice date.
A payroll fix from overseas
was tied to warehouse quantities.

[Verse 5]

One comment asked a simple thing:
why does this control the lighting?
Below it, seven years apart:
no time — please fix after restart.

[Verse 6]

Mara marked the final line.
Priya checked the author's sign.
Klaus remembered half the names,
and where they went when budgets changed.

[Refrain]

Comments in Forgotten Tongues,
promises from everyone.
Temporary, later, soon —
still compiled each afternoon.
Comments in Forgotten Tongues —
every shortcut finds its heir.

[Guitar Interlude]

[Bridge]

They were not careless. They were tired.
They met the dates the board required.
No villain drew this tangled plan —
a thousand urgent choices did.

[Build-up]

Klaus closed the file.
The room stayed still.
The launch stayed on.
So did the bill.

[Final Refrain]

Comments in Forgotten Tongues,
now the warning reaches us.
Different words, a single truth:
every shortcut gathers roots.
Comments in Forgotten Tongues —
we'll leave the same for those to come.

[Outro]

A green cursor crossed the page.
Old advice survived its age.
Five tolls descending, low and slow,
into the server room below.
