[Intro]

Monday morning, polished screen,
Every box aligned and clean,
Budget amber, testing thin,
Change the legend, send it in.

[Male Vocal]

The date remains the date we gave,
The team is focused, calm and brave,
Some local matters intervene,
But the status report is green.

[Female Vocal]

The build has failed for thirteen nights,
Two vendors dispute interface rights,
The backup path has not been seen,
How can the status report be green?

[Chorus]

The status report is green,
Green as the logo on the screen,
Green as the sentence in between
The missed result and what we mean.

No shade of red may intervene—
The facts are rough, the font is clean.

[Verse]

A milestone enters Friday's slide,
Though Friday passed two weeks behind,
The owner says the work is done,
Except the test has not begun.

A footnote notes a minor drift,
The graph receives a helpful lift,
The missing data leaves the scene,
The status report stays green.

[Pre-Chorus]

Count the actions, not the days,
Round the corners, smooth the phrase,
Move the measure, keep the sheen,
Confidence must stay pristine.

[Chorus]

The status report is green,
Green as the logo on the screen,
Green as the sentence in between
The missed result and what we mean.

The font stays clean, the box stays green—
The truth is somewhere in between.

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Irene taps the risk review:
"Which evidence supports this view?"
"The variance is invisible—
Strategically, we remain green."

[Breakdown]

Green without a passing test.
Green without a signed request.
Green because we coloured black.
Green because the slide is green.

[Final Chorus]

The status report is green,
Though Project Phoenix lost a wing,
Though every warning bell has been
Rewritten as a minor thing.

The cleanest fiction ever seen—
Cell B-sixteen cracks the sheen.

[Outro]

Irene saves a second file,
Without the logo, without the smile,
The figures wait in rows unseen,
Beneath the status report green.
