[Verse 1]
The meeting room fills with vendor charts and screens
Database wars and cloud computing dreams
But Sarah sits quiet, pen tapping her chair
Watching colleagues debate what isn't really there
They're picking their hammers before finding the nail
Missing the forest, lost in retail
[Chorus]
What choice are we dodging while we shop for code?
What question lies buried beneath this tech load?
Stop scrolling through features, pause the parade
Ask what we're avoiding in this masquerade
The real decision's hiding where we're scared to look
Don't let the shiny distract from the book
[Verse 2]
Mike argues for Python, Jane champions Java
While the customer's problem sits forgotten like lava
Cooling and hardening into something they'll regret
The tools become crutches, the purpose a debt
Behind every purchase lies a choice left unmade
A strategic decision that's been carefully delayed
[Chorus]
What choice are we dodging while we shop for code?
What question lies buried beneath this tech load?
Stop scrolling through features, pause the parade
Ask what we're avoiding in this masquerade
The real decision's hiding where we're scared to look
Don't let the shiny distract from the book
[Bridge]
Is it layoffs disguised as efficiency gains?
Market pivots that rearrange all the lanes?
Admitting the vision was flawed from the start?
Technology shopping's become our fine art
Of procrastination dressed up as research
While the actual answers continue to lurch
[Verse 3]
The procurement meeting runs into hour three
Architecture debates about what shouldn't be
But nobody mentions the elephant's weight
The business model that might need new freight
So they focus on frameworks and database speed
While the company bleeds from an unspoken need
[Final Chorus]
What choice are we dodging while we shop for code?
What question lies buried beneath this tech load?
Stop scrolling through features, pause the parade
Ask what we're avoiding in this masquerade
The real decision's hiding where we're scared to look
Don't let the shiny distract from the book
[Outro]
Before you align any system or tool
Ask what you're avoiding, don't play the fool
The hardest decisions wear technology's mask
But asking the question is management's task