[Intro]

Phoenix answers before anyone asks.
The queue moves faster with no one home.
Aisha draws one line on a blank white page—
A single gate no script can skip.

[Chorus]

Keep a human in the loop,
Not a signature for show.
Give them power to say no.
Keep a human in the loop,
If no one can prevent the action,
Then no one has control.

[Verse]

Aisha draws a red-lined circle
On a page inside her book.
Input, model, recommendation,
Then a mandatory look.

Not a box beneath the interface,
Not "reviewed" by default.
Not a warning hidden after
An irreversible result.

Victor says, "The human layer
Makes the workflow hard to scale."
Aisha says, "A faster system
Only helps the failure scale."

[Pre-Chorus]

Who sees the source?
Who checks the claim?
Who stops the job?
Who signs their name?

[Chorus]

Keep a human in the loop,
Not a signature for show.
Give them power to say no.
Keep a human in the loop,
If no one can prevent the action,
Then no one has control.

[Verse]

Legal wants an audit trail.
Finance wants a threshold.
Support wants to know exactly
When the model can be overruled.

Engineering builds a kill switch.
Victor calls it "negative framing."
Aisha names the button STOP
And leaves no room for renaming.

A reviewer needs the evidence,
Not just the answer's glow.
A reviewer needs authority,
Not a meeting after go.

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

[Victor]
Could the human be informed after Phoenix makes the choice?

[Aisha]
Information after action is not oversight or voice.

[Victor]
Could approval be assumed when the response time is slow?

[Aisha]
Then you've removed the human and preserved the word for show.

[Build-up]

One white notebook on the table.
One red circle through the flow.
One accountable decision:

No evidence, no go.

[Final Chorus]

Keep a human in the loop,
With the access and the role.
Give them power to control.
Keep a human in the loop,
A system cannot carry blame,
And confidence cannot own.

[Outro]

The team adds the review gate.

Victor adds an asterisk.

Aisha removes the asterisk.