[Piano Intro]

The decision waits beneath the file,
Sealed shut for one more while,
Three options numbered, costed, clear,
Prepared before the Directors came here.

[Verse]

Option one will move the date,
Option two will raise the rate,
Option three reduces scope,
No hidden road, no private hope.

Daniel places facts in rows,
sah-BEEN marks the staffing lows,
Priya lists the tests required,
Mara asks what must be retired.

[Chorus]

Strategic alignment pending,
The sentence never lands.
Strategic alignment pending,
The future waits for hands.
Strategic alignment pending—
Another week is sold.

[Verse]

Robert needs a funding case,
Claudia needs a cleaner phrase,
Elaine needs a feature kept,
Marcus needs the deadline met.

Mara says, “The choice is now.
Pick the cost and tell us how.”
Claudia answers, calm and blending:
“We require strategic alignment pending.”

[Chorus]

Strategic alignment pending,
The sentence never lands.
Strategic alignment pending,
The future waits for hands.
Strategic alignment pending—
Another week is killed.

[Piano Interlude]

[Bridge]

A postponed decision is still a choice,
Though silence gives it no public voice.
The calendar carries what leaders refuse,
And teams pay interest on options unused.

[Heavy Verse]

The customer meeting now appears
Inside the range of all their fears,
Four schedules wait in private files,
Four Directors practice separate smiles.

The final vote is moved again,
“More stakeholder input” enters the pen,
The next committee will decide—
With every consequence amplified.

[Final Chorus]

Strategic alignment pending,
But time has made its stand.
Strategic alignment pending,
The future leaves our hands.
Strategic alignment pending—
Now Thursday will unfold.

[Outro]

The agenda grows.
The warnings climb.
The meeting starts
At nine next time.

Strategic alignment pending.