[Verse 1] In boardrooms high above the floor Bad news gets filtered more and more Each layer adds a hopeful spin While warning signs can't make it in The messenger who speaks too loud Gets silenced by the corporate crowd Information travels up through chains But truth gets lost in power games [Chorus] What doesn't reach the top today Will be tomorrow's price to pay The Cassandra speaks but no one hears While structural blindness feeds our fears Ask what fails to make it through Ask who warned but we withdrew Ask how we tell wrong from too soon These questions matter more than you assume [Verse 2] Financial risks and market shifts Get buried in the upward lifts Each manager protects their ground While critical alerts get drowned The hierarchy's design creates These systematic information gates What threatens those in middle tiers Never reaches leadership ears [Chorus] What doesn't reach the top today Will be tomorrow's price to pay The Cassandra speaks but no one hears While structural blindness feeds our fears Ask what fails to make it through Ask who warned but we withdrew Ask how we tell wrong from too soon These questions matter more than you assume [Bridge] There's always someone who could see The crisis coming, one, two, three But speaking truth to power's hard When careers become the battleground Premature or just plain wrong We silence voices that belong In rooms where futures get decided But warning signs get often sidelined [Verse 3] How do we know when timing's right To sound alarms or dim the lights Between too early and too late Lives the choice that seals our fate The patterns hide in plain sight While we debate who's wrong or right Organizational DNA Determines what we hear today [Final Chorus] What doesn't reach the top today Will be tomorrow's price to pay The Cassandra speaks but we must hear Before the crisis appears Find what fails to make it through Find who warns and follow through Find how we tell wrong from too soon These questions are your strongest tool [Outro] In your halls of corporate power Ask these questions every hour Information, prophet, timing These three keys need your finding
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