Lyric

The young guy walked into the meeting

Opened up another slide deck

Started talking about alignment

And things I didn't quite get

Synergy, bandwidth, deep dive

Stakeholders and KPIs

Three minutes in I started wondering

If I still spoke English tonight

I just quietly nodded

Put on my professional face

But somewhere deep inside my head

I was drifting out in space

My face says “I got it”

My brain says “No way”

Where exactly is this meeting

Trying to go today?

Let's circle back!

(What's that mean?)

Let's circle back!

(Say it again!)

Let's circle back!

(Just say it straight!)

Let's circle back!

(Please!)

I nodded like I understood

While panic slowly filled my mind

Let's circle back!

(One more time!)

Let's circle back!

(Please!)

Every slide another acronym

Every chart another code

ROI and EBITDA

Down another corporate road

Nobody wants to ask a question

Nobody wants to be that guy

The VP sitting next to me

Looked just as lost, but played it wise

The young sales rep kept talking

Buzzwords flying through the air

While secretly beneath the table

I was searching everywhere

Nobody's asking

Nobody knows

Only the meeting

Keeps moving on

Let's circle back!

(What's that mean?)

Let's circle back!

(Slow down, son!)

Let's circle back!

(Plain English!)

Let's circle back!

(Please!)

The jargon keeps multiplying

Every single week

Let's circle back!

(One more time!)

Let's circle back!

(Please!)

But then I stopped and thought about it

Back when I was young

Didn't we have our own weird language

That sounded pretty dumb?

Cool was groovy

Rad was awesome

Every generation has its phase

Maybe my dad was sitting there

Rolling his eyes the same old way

Maybe nothing really changes

Maybe history just repeats

Maybe every generation

Speaks a language no one needs

Let's circle back!

(I get it now!)

Let's circle back!

(Been there too!)

Let's circle back!

(Kids'll be kids!)

Let's circle back!

(ASAP!)

Funny how the words keep changing

People stay the same

Let's circle back!

(I get it now!)

Let's circle back!

(ASAP!)

The young guys now

The young me then

We're really not that different, friend

Tomorrow brings another meeting

Another deck and another plan

I'll smile and nod politely

And do the best I can

Or maybe

Just maybe

Could somebody explain it

In plain English?

ASAP