[Verse 1] Sarah missed a deadline, said nothing to her boss John felt out of the loop but didn't want to cause a loss Three weeks later process rules started showing up What looked like sudden red tape was trust debt filling up [Chorus] Trust debt accumulates, compounds like interest rates Small signals left unaddressed become the rules that suffocate Who's gone quiet in your network? Silence cuts deeper than fights When governance gets tighter, trust broke months before the lights [Verse 2] The sponsor felt under-served but never raised their voice They started asking for reports, said it was "their choice" Your manager felt bypassed when decisions came too late Now they're requiring documentation, trust debt sealed their fate [Chorus] Trust debt accumulates, compounds like interest rates Small signals left unaddressed become the rules that suffocate Who's gone quiet in your network? Silence cuts deeper than fights When governance gets tighter, trust broke months before the lights [Bridge] Ask yourself these questions, be honest what you find When did process increase and what was left behind? Who finds out about your choices when the dust has finally cleared? That person's trust account is overdrawn, I feared [Verse 3] Like technical debt hidden in your messy code base Trust debt lives in silence, never shows upon your face By the time the rules are written and the processes are set The relationship was broken by accumulated debt [Chorus] Trust debt accumulates, compounds like interest rates Small signals left unaddressed become the rules that suffocate Who's gone quiet in your network? Silence cuts deeper than fights When governance gets tighter, trust broke months before the lights [Outro] Look back sixty days before the new rules came to play Trust debt was building up in every small delay Pay attention to the silence, to the ones who've stepped away Before your freedom's buried under process debt you'll pay
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