[Verse 1] Marketing says approve all orders under fifty Finance says check credit first, no exceptions Engineering built the flow to please them both Now the system freezes when the rules collide One path says yes, the other screams no Automation stuck between the warring sides [Chorus] When the rules fight, the system breaks Contradictions that automation makes Old agreements carved in digital stone Museums of compromise we should have outgrown Find the conflicts hiding in the flow Before your workflows crash and cease to go [Verse 2] Sales team wants leads assigned by geography Support wants them routed by the product line The workflow tool remembers every deal Each department got their way back in the day Now customers bounce between the teams While automated chaos spins the wheel [Chorus] When the rules fight, the system breaks Contradictions that automation makes Old agreements carved in digital stone Museums of compromise we should have outgrown Find the conflicts hiding in the flow Before your workflows crash and cease to go [Bridge] Map the logic, trace each branch Where do business units clash If condition A says stop But condition B says go Then your system's bound to crash Time to clean the logic flow [Verse 3] Shipping says deliver within seven days Procurement needs two weeks to source the parts The order system promised what it can't deliver Built on rules that never talked together Each department's truth becomes a lie When workflows try to serve two masters [Chorus] When the rules fight, the system breaks Contradictions that automation makes Old agreements carved in digital stone Museums of compromise we should have outgrown Find the conflicts hiding in the flow Before your workflows crash and cease to go [Outro] Before you code, align the minds Leave conflicted rules behind Clean decisions, clear intent That's how stable systems are meant
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