[Verse 1] In every office tower, in every corporate hall HR departments standing, ten stories tall Degrees and certifications line the wall SHRM and HRCI badges for them all Built their lives around this paradigm Now change feels like corporate crime [Chorus] Institutional inertia, spinning round and round Too big to pivot, too deep in the ground Conferences and consultants, keeping status quo When your career depends on it, you're afraid to let it go Inertia, inertia, the weight of what we know Makes it hard to change the way the people business grows [Verse 2] Professional associations host their yearly shows Thousands gather to discuss the way it goes Consulting firms sell solutions, same old prose Academic programs teaching what everyone knows Economic engine running on the past Makes transformation happen very last [Chorus] Institutional inertia, spinning round and round Too big to pivot, too deep in the ground Conferences and consultants, keeping status quo When your career depends on it, you're afraid to let it go Inertia, inertia, the weight of what we know Makes it hard to change the way the people business grows [Bridge] Self-sustaining ecosystem Feeds itself and keeps the rhythm Threatening the infrastructure Means threatening every future Built on old foundations [Verse 3] When tens of thousands have invested years In mastery of systems, facing all their fears Change means their expertise just disappears The social cost of progress brings them tears So round and round the wheel will always turn Until the burning platforms force us all to learn [Chorus] Institutional inertia, spinning round and round Too big to pivot, too deep in the ground Conferences and consultants, keeping status quo When your career depends on it, you're afraid to let it go Inertia, inertia, the weight of what we know Makes it hard to change the way the people business grows [Outro] The paradigm persists because The paradigm persists because The paradigm persists because That's how inertia works
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