Swimming in Uncertainty

afro-jazz, dakar house · 4:34

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Monday morning, email lands with half the story
"Fix the budget thing" - what thing exactly?
Tuesday's brief says "make it faster" - faster how?
I'm swimming blind, assumptions multiply somehow
Grab my journal, capture every fuzzy word
Document the gaps where clarity gets blurred

[Chorus]
Swimming in uncertainty's tide
Log the clear, the vague, divide
Peel five layers, dig down deep
Reverse the roles, assumptions leap
From muddy waters to the shore
Question marks become so much more

[Verse 2]
Wednesday brings a project wrapped in corporate speak
"Optimize deliverables" - technique unclear
Thursday's deadline with no specs to guide the way
I'm building bridges over chasms made of gray
Seven days of tracking every missing piece
Patterns emerge when documentation finds release

[Chorus]
Swimming in uncertainty's tide
Log the clear, the vague, divide
Peel five layers, dig down deep
Reverse the roles, assumptions leap
From muddy waters to the shore
Question marks become so much more

[Bridge]
First layer: "We need better sales"
Second layer: "Conversion fails"
Third: "The checkout flow's too long"
Fourth: "Mobile users can't get through"
Fifth: "Button placement steers them wrong"
Now the real solution's true

[Verse 3]
Friday's test - I write instructions for a friend
"Handle the reports" - but where does handling end?
They list thirty things I never thought to say
Hidden assumptions lurking in my vague display
Count them up, the gaps I left behind
Clarity's a discipline of conscious mind

[Chorus]
Swimming in uncertainty's tide
Log the clear, the vague, divide
Peel five layers, dig down deep
Reverse the roles, assumptions leap
From muddy waters to the shore
Question marks become so much more

[Outro]
Surface problems hide the core
Peel away to find what's more
Every gap becomes a key
Swimming toward transparency

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