[Verse 1] Sarah writes the perfect protocol draft Clean semantics, elegant and fast But then the committee wants their say Seventeen signatures to approve each phrase Legal wants disclaimers on every line Operations demands their checklist shrine What started sharp becomes a maze Of nested subclauses and delays [Chorus] When bureaucracy kills the spark Formal languages lose their mark Precision drowns in politics Clean semantics turn to tricks Every arrow becomes a fork Every function wrapped in cork When bureaucracy kills the spark Innovation fades to dark [Verse 2] The audit team needs traceable threads Compliance wants their checkbox spreads Policy authors multiply each rule Till elegant code becomes a fool What once parsed clean now stutters twice Each decision needs committee dice The grammar warps beneath the weight Of stakeholders who can't relate [Chorus] When bureaucracy kills the spark Formal languages lose their mark Precision drowns in politics Clean semantics turn to tricks Every arrow becomes a fork Every function wrapped in cork When bureaucracy kills the spark Innovation fades to dark [Bridge] Meetings about meetings about the spec Review committees checking every check The language bloats with compromise While practitioners just roll their eyes Formal beauty sacrificed For political devices priced [Verse 3] Production teams can't parse the mess Adoption rates spell out distress What should have been a crystal tool Becomes a bureaucratic jewel Too complex for daily use Too precious for abuse The gap between design and deed Grows wider than intended need [Chorus] When bureaucracy kills the spark Formal languages lose their mark Precision drowns in politics Clean semantics turn to tricks Every arrow becomes a fork Every function wrapped in cork When bureaucracy kills the spark Innovation fades to dark [Outro] Sometimes the cleanest code Is the one that hits the road Keep committees from the core Let practitioners explore
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