[Verse 1] Sarah saw the cracks inside the system Junior analyst with perfect vision Warned the board about the coming crash But her voice got lost in hierarchical trash Twenty years too young to be believed While the senior staff just felt deceived [Chorus] Cassandra's calling, can you hear her cry? Truth from below that gets filtered by Source credibility, convenience cost Timing's wrong and trust is lost When warnings come but fall on deaf ears The future crashes despite all the tears [Verse 2] Engineers at NASA tried to speak About the O-rings getting far too weak But shuttle schedules couldn't be delayed So safety warnings slowly got mislaid Too expensive and politically rough To halt the launch when stakes were high enough [Chorus] Cassandra's calling, can you hear her cry? Truth from below that gets filtered by Source credibility, convenience cost Timing's wrong and trust is lost When warnings come but fall on deaf ears The future crashes despite all the tears [Bridge] Four mechanisms block the vital truth Source discounting steals the prophet's proof Inconvenience makes the leaders turn away Early timing makes them think you're cray Previous false alarms have dulled their sense Now real warnings can't break through their fence [Verse 3] Financial analysts saw the housing bubble Warned their banks about the coming trouble But mortgage profits were too sweet to stop So they ignored the signs before the drop CIA agents flagged the terror threat But coordination failed and systems weren't set [Chorus] Cassandra's calling, can you hear her cry? Truth from below that gets filtered by Source credibility, convenience cost Timing's wrong and trust is lost When warnings come but fall on deaf ears The future crashes despite all the tears [Outro] Every institution has its seers Speaking truth that no one wants to hear The question isn't why they see so clear But why their wisdom disappears Listen to your organizational prophets Before you face catastrophic losses
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