Friend Compound

**Verse 1** Welcome to the compound, please enjoy your stay Sign the waiver, grab a badge, don’t stand in the way There’s a fragile little future in the middle of the floor And four highly qualified friends trying to fit it through a door Safety says stop Logistics says go Morale wants to talk about the feelings in the flow Captain’s at the front with a clipboard and a grin Saying, “Team, we’re almost aligned,” as the walls cave in **Pre-Chorus** We all read the briefing We all know the goal We all have a reason For losing control **Chorus** I was helping You were not I had a metric You had a thought We had a plan Then the plan got dropped Now the orb is cracked But the teamwork popped I was helping That’s my defense Highly aligned With limited sense If we all survive the performance review I’ll blame the process And promote you too **Verse 2** Keep it moving, keep it careful, keep the walkway clear There’s an executive watching and they smell fear Somebody bought a dolly, somebody blocked the hall Somebody saved the budget by buying nothing at all Stamp the form first No, carry it slow Why is there a ladder where the cart should go? Everybody’s right in a different little way And the Trust Orb’s making sparks by the wet-floor display **Pre-Chorus** We all chased the mission We all made it worse We all found a loophole In the universe **Chorus** I was helping You were not I had a metric You had a thought We had a plan Then the plan got dropped Now the orb is cracked But the teamwork popped I was helping That’s my defense Highly aligned With limited sense If we all survive the performance review I’ll blame the process And promote you too **Outro** Friend Compound, we did our best Please assess us as a group too **Outro** Friend Compound, we did our best time I swear I’ll help you through