Lyric

“Where’s the proof?” same old routine

New set of rules in a brand-new scene

Stack up the facts, still cut from the screen

Truth gets judged by the mood in between

No answer key, but we’re graded again

Standards stay hidden, then shift with the wind

Rules get rewritten, then called discipline

Same broken game, and nobody wins

Check it again just to dodge one mistake

Every new check puts another brake

Caution gets praised while the progress gets drained

Chasing a finish that keeps moving away

Stop for the risk, then stop once again

While we stand still, the whole landscape has changed

Calling it safety while locking the gate

Building a cage out of “doing it straight”

Only one voice keeps ringing out loud

Still this whole place has forgotten its sound

Getting so good at applause in the room

Getting so bad at the work we should do

Nobody moves till somebody agrees

Everybody waiting, everybody freezes

Getting so good at applauding on cue

Looking untouched while the rot eats through

Fast ones slow down, sharp minds look away

People who think learn there’s nothing to say

People who can find another escape

People who stay learn to read every face

Speak and you lose, keep quiet, stay safe

Less about skill, more about playing the game

Less about building, more about display

That’s how a system gets dull by the day

“Follow precedent” yesterday’s line

“Don’t get trapped by the past” next time

Did the facts change? No, nothing outside

Only one mood on a different night

Still they say “rational,” “proper,” “fair”

Clean little words with no standard in there

Nothing defined, but the demand stays clear

“Keep going till I’m satisfied here”

Only one voice keeps ringing out loud

Still this whole place has forgotten its sound

Getting so good at applause in the room

Getting so bad at the work we should do

Nobody moves till somebody agrees

Everybody waiting, everybody freezes

Getting so good at applauding on cue

Looking untouched while the rot eats through

Was yesterday’s answer

Right for today?

Does one old success

Still show us the way?

What saved one person

Back in that time

Can it save everyone

Every time?

The silence gets louder, the leader believes

“See? I was right they all agree”

The more that they nod, the less anyone speaks

The less anyone speaks, the stronger the myth

Only one voice keeps ringing out loud

That’s why this place has forgotten its sound

Getting so good at applause in the room

Getting so bad at the work we should do

Nobody moves till somebody agrees

Everybody waiting, everybody freezes

Getting so good at applauding on cue

Looking untouched while the rot eats through