[Intro][A loose boogie riff stops dead as Gregor taps a power switch. Ten soft relay clicks answer in the silence.]

[Verse 1 - Mara, Female Clean Lead]

The booking screen froze solid on a Tuesday afternoon.
The meeting-room display served Monday’s breakfast menu.
The scanner sent an invoice to a florist in Madrid;
The coffee app displayed a skull and locked the metal lid.
Six consultants circled it with tablets in the air,
Promising transformation while they fought about a chair.
Greg-or checked the process list, the memory and the clock,
Then asked, “Before the platform pitch—did anybody stop?”

[Pre-Chorus - Gregor, Male Baritone]

Save the work that can be saved.
Shut each hanging thread.
Shut the overheated box.
Count ten before it’s fed.

[Chorus - Mara & Gregor, Duet]

Have you tried turning it off?
Let the silicon sleep; let the hot circuits cough.
Count to ten with your nervous hand aloft,
Then start it clean—have you tried turning it off?
Before you buy another cloud to carry one small box,
Save, shut down, count, and turn it on.

[Verse 2 - Mara]

The marketing director said, “That method lacks finesse.”
Greg-or said, “Your laptop skipped an update. Maybe twelve, at best.”
She cleared seventeen alerts by choosing ASK ME LATE,
Then asked why every spreadsheet took three minutes to create.
I found the service switch beneath a branded plastic case;
He kept the angry vice-president outside the workspace.
I called, “The queue is stopped; the open files are stored.”
He nodded. “Now remind this box that hardware is no lord.”

[Pre-Chorus - Mara & Gregor, Alternating]

One finger on the breaker.
Ten pulses through the floor.
The fans fell still, then found their pitch
And thundered back once more.

[Chorus - Mara & Gregor, Duet]

Have you tried turning it off?
Let the silicon sleep; let the hot circuits cough.
Count to ten with your nervous hand aloft,
Then start it clean—have you tried turning it off?
The icons rise, the blocked jobs drop,
Because somebody finally let the process stop.

[Guitar Solo][A bluesy twin-guitar solo alternates ten-count phrases with complete band silences.]

[Bridge - Gregor]

“Some faults need code. Some parts need tools.
Some need patches, logs and rules.
This one needed work secured,
A measured stop, a restart cured.”

[Shouted Count - Mara & Office Choir]

One—save the file!
Two—stop the queue!
Three—tell finance
What we will do!

[Shouted Count - Gregor & Office Choir]

Four—stop the feed!
Five through ten—
Power returns.
Begin again!

[Final Chorus - Mara & Gregor, Duet]

Have you tried turning it off?
Never yank the power while the writes are running hot.
Make the shutdown clean; give the hardware time to stop.
Then start it once—have you tried turning it off?
The simplest fix still needs a careful hand and thought:
Save, shut down, count, and turn it on.

[Outro - Mara]

The coffee poured. The scanner fed.
The booking board came through.
The consultants wrote “PHASE ONE COMPLETE”
And billed us until two.
