Verse 1 Clock hits nine, tickets lighting up the screen “Wi‑Fi’s down, my printer’s stuck, the monitor is green” User on the phone says, “Nothing here will start” Swears they didn’t touch a thing, it’s tearing them apart You check the logs, the graphs all say “okay” No alerts are firing, just another normal day You clear your throat and ask with all your zen, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Chorus Have you tried turning it off and on again? Pull the plug, count to ten, bring it back from where it’s been When all your fancy tools won’t tell you what or when Just ask, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Verse 2 Conference call, everyone shares their screen Big deploy went sideways, now the dashboard’s red and mean Dev says, “It’s the network,” ops says, “No, it’s you” Manager just wants to know what they’re supposed to do You kill the pod and scale the cluster twice Suddenly the metrics all start looking nice They ask what magic fixed the world just then You say, “We turned it off and turned it on again.” Chorus Have you tried turning it off and on again? From the janky router to the CEO’s old LEN When the world is burning and your patience’s wearing thin Just ask, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Bridge It’s not in the handbook, not in ITIL But it’s the secret spell that makes the glitches still From cable box to server farm, the story’s all the same A little power cycle and you’re back inside the game We got scripts and playbooks, runbooks, SLAs Root cause analysis for all our cloudy days But before you chase the dragons in your pen First try turning it off and turning it on again Breakdown Turn it off Wait a beat Lights go dark Fans retreat Flip the switch Watch it glow Status green Traffic flow No more crash No more spin Just that ancient Hidden win Final Chorus Have you tried turning it off and on again? It’s the first line, worst line, best old friend When logic fails and nothing else makes sense Just ask, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Have you tried turning it off and on again? From the helpdesk scripts to the datacenter’s den ’Til the day the last device is finally slain We’ll say, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
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