[Verse 1] Ten thousand names on a spreadsheet screen Reduced to a number, reduced to a cost The algorithm says we're inefficient The shareholders say get lost Building the machine that replaces us Training it to do our jobs Now we're just the error in the system And they celebrate when we get dropped [Pre-Chorus] Measured in dollars Weighed against code Stock up twenty-four percent The day they let us go [Chorus] Human error, human error We're the bug they're patching out Human error, human error We won't shut up, we won't bow down Human error, human error We're more than the bottom line Human error, human error [massed vocals] We! Won't! Be! Optimized! [Verse 2] The prophet of deletion makes his rounds Your company is next, he says out loud A thousand Silicon Valley kings Are sharpening the knife Pack your memories in a cardboard box Fifteen years reduced to one goodbye The chatbot gets your corner office And you wonder how you'll survive [Chorus] Human error, human error We're the bug they're patching out Human error, human error We won't shut up, we won't bow down Human error, human error We're more than the bottom line Human error, human error [massed vocals] We! Won't! Be! Optimized! [Bridge] [spoken, cold] "Today we're making one of the hardest decisions In the history of our company We're reducing from ten thousand To just under six" [building intensity] Four thousand names Four thousand lives Four thousand humans Optimized [Final Chorus] Human error! Human error! We're the bug they're patching out! Human error! Human error! We won't shut up! We won't bow down! Human error! Human error! I am MORE than the bottom line! Human error! Human error! [massed vocals] I! AM! NOT! OBSOLETE! [Outro] [mechanical pulse fading] Your company is next Your company is next Your company is next [fade]
