[Verse 1] Sarah builds her fortress walls, firewalls and encryption strong Monitors flash green all year, nothing ever goes wrong But when budget season comes, executives just frown "What disasters did you stop?" They want numbers written down [Pre-Chorus] How do you prove what never was? How do you show an empty cause? [Chorus] The counterfactual problem haunts us all Proving prevention when nothing falls What would have happened? We'll never know Make the invisible damage show The counterfactual problem's real Turn speculation into something they can feel [Verse 2] Marcus passed the SOC2 audit, celebration time Built the evidence framework, every process by design Board asks "What's the value here? Show us what you've earned" Can't display catastrophes that never got confirmed [Pre-Chorus] Executives reward what's seen Not the disasters blocked upstream [Chorus] The counterfactual problem haunts us all Proving prevention when nothing falls What would have happened? We'll never know Make the invisible damage show The counterfactual problem's real Turn speculation into something they can feel [Bridge] Before the work begins, paint the cost of breach During implementation, make consequences reach After completion, build the story clear What devastation would have landed here Calculate the phantom losses, quantify the ghost Transform your saved disasters into something you can host [Final Chorus] The counterfactual problem doesn't win When you frame the chaos that could have been Make the absent havoc crystal bright Shine a spotlight on prevented blight The counterfactual problem's solved When imagination gets executives involved [Outro] Turn the "what if" into "what we saved" Make your phantom victories behaved
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