[Verse 1]
When the boardroom gets nervous and voices run high
They ask what could happen if HR should die
Lawsuits and scandals dance in their heads
While better solutions stay safely unread
The devil you know feels safer than change
Even when results are clearly quite strange
[Chorus]
Fear-based decisions keep us locked in place
What if we fail becomes the only case
The downside's vivid, the upside's unclear
So we choose the broken path that we know and fear
Status quo wins when we're scared to fall
Fear-based thinking is the trap of all
[Verse 2]
They paint us pictures of courtroom despair
Compliance disasters hanging in air
Public relations nightmares so real
While innovation gets no chance to heal
The concrete threat beats the abstract gain
So outdated systems forever remain
[Chorus]
Fear-based decisions keep us locked in place
What if we fail becomes the only case
The downside's vivid, the upside's unclear
So we choose the broken path that we know and fear
Status quo wins when we're scared to fall
Fear-based thinking is the trap of all
[Bridge]
Better hiring's just a distant dream
Higher engagement's not part of the scheme
Faster adaptation sounds nice in theory
But risk aversion keeps our vision bleary
Loss-averse minds will choose the devil they know
Even when the evidence screams let it go
[Chorus]
Fear-based decisions keep us locked in place
What if we fail becomes the only case
The downside's vivid, the upside's unclear
So we choose the broken path that we know and fear
Status quo wins when we're scared to fall
Fear-based thinking is the trap of all
[Outro]
When fear decides, progress dies
The future waits while fear still flies
Break the cycle, face the unknown
Let better systems find their home