[Intro]

Form E-R-seven, revision four.
Use only for immediate loss.
Attach projected damage value.
Attach proof the damage has occurred.

[Verse]

Oliver opened the twelve-tab page,
A fortress built of grey and beige.
"Business impact?" "The system's dead."
"Estimated cost?" "More than we've said."

She typed six zeroes; the fields demand
A named scenario, close at hand.
A warning bar lit up in red:
NO INCIDENT MEANS NO EMERGENCY YET.

[Chorus]

Emergency request form,
Fill it out before the room gets warm.
Name the loss before it starts—
Price the failure, count the parts.

Prove the crisis has arrived
Before the process lets it thrive.

[Verse]

Signature one: infrastructure signed.
Signature two: "Get finance aligned."
Signature three: Legal took its time—
"Is Northline vetted? Check the line."

Signature four: Site Control declined:
"The server room is IT's design."
IT replied, "Facilities' call."
The ticket spun between them all.

[Pre-Chorus]

No one denied the growing heat.
No one would take the final seat.
Every inbox moved the blame.
Every signature changed the name.

[Chorus]

Emergency request form,
Fill it out before the room gets warm.
Name the loss before it starts—
Price the failure, count the parts.

Prove the crisis has arrived
Before the process lets it thrive.

[Drum Break]

[Bridge]

Mara struck the desk. "Do you understand?"
Oliver said, "This form was never planned
To see a bearing fail before it's dead—
It only measures loss, not what's ahead."

[Build-up]

Upload pending, file too large.
Reduce the image, name the charge.
Upload finished, field reset.
Session ended—start again.

[Final Chorus]

Emergency request form,
Built for damage, not the norm.
Count the ashes, name the cost,
Then approve what could have stopped the loss.

We can prove the heat was real—
The process still demands one seal.

[Outro]

Oliver printed every page.
Twenty-six sheets left the tray.

At the bottom, in a box:

FINAL EXECUTIVE APPROVAL REQUIRED.