Let Them Eat Cake

Indie pop, smoky female alto in the user's own recorded voice, raw vocal cracks and close, intimate phrasing; a jaunty skipping march with restrained minor-key verses and a cathartic chorus lift; fingerpicked acoustic guitar, warm electric swells, brushed drums, upright bass, subtle fiddle, handclaps and timekeeping footsteps; modern alt-pop polish with soft Dublin pub ambience, organic late-night room textures, and a bittersweet triumphant outro stroll

Let Them Eat Cake

They said we missed our goals
They said the numbers weren't there
So the year-end bonus disappeared
Like nobody would care

We showed up every morning
We kept the whole thing alive
We carried every deadline
We kept the company moving right

They said there wasn't enough
To give back to everyone below
But somehow there was twenty-three million
For the CEO to grow

If the company wasn't winning
If the plan didn't go right
Why reward the person leading
While the workers lose their slice?

They told us to understand it
They told us that's the way it goes
But the people doing the work
Are the ones who feel the blow

Let them eat cake
While the rest of us break
They make the decisions
We carry the weight

Let them eat cake
From a table set high
Where a person is a number
And a number can say goodbye

They call it business
They call it change
But the people left behind
Remember every name

They said we were expanding
 They said we needed more people
 So we logged onto our computers
 And taught everything we know
Through phones and screens we guided them
 Step by step through every line
 They were good people doing a job
 They were never the reason why
They came from the Philippines
 With their own hopes and their own plans
 They weren't the ones who took our jobs
 They were just following commands
The choice was made above us
 By people we never saw
 Who turned our years of loyalty
 Into a line they could withdraw
One woman had one year left
 Before retirement came
 Decades of loyalty and service
 Reduced to a name
I was seven months pregnant
 Trying to build a future ahead
 Then they called us into a meeting
 And told us we were done instead
They called it a slowdown
 They called it something clean
 But the work kept right on moving
 Just somewhere else overseas

Let them eat cake
While the rest of us break
They make the decisions
We live with the ache

Let them eat cake
From a table set high
They count the money coming in
We count what passes us by

Move a little faster
Make the numbers look right
Cut another safety corner
Just get through the night

Someone knew the risks there
Someone saw what was wrong
But production kept on moving
And the machine kept rolling on

A father went to work that morning
Like he had every day before
Then at noon his family found out
He would not come home anymore

He died that morning
While the world kept moving on
Two children lost their father
A mother lost her home

They call it an accident
They write it on a page
But a family carries forever
The cost of someone else's choice

Step by step
Line by line
Count the profits
Count the lives

Step by step
Hear the sound
Of the people
Carrying the ground

Rules don't protect you
When the people break the rules
Safety isn't safety
When it's only used as a tool

Let them eat cake
While they sit above the storm
Making choices from a distance
Never feeling what they've torn

Let them eat cake
Raise another glass high
They count the money coming in
We count who paid the price

They call it business
They call it fate
But every choice has a shadow
And every shadow has a name

Keep marching
Keep smiling
Keep playing the song

But the people carrying the weight
Have known it all along

All true stories. My partners work ceo made about 180 million and then they cut the bonuses that year and gave the ceo a 23 million dollar raise. who needs that much money when everyone else is suffering. I worked for a fortune 500 company first American title insurance company. they deceived us asking us to train people overseas saying we were expanding only to let my entire department go and keep them to cut costs and this is why they are a fortune 500 company. The rich get richer by taking it from others. One of my closest dearest friends partner was crushed at work due to company oversights by cutting corners to save costs. Her kids are fatherless because of corporate greed. These are real examples of why this system is broken. Thank you for listening. Maybe it will help make change, but I doubt it. I was inspired this morning to write this. and it went really well to get the feeling out, I had goosebumps listening to the final edit. Take care everyone.

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Let Them Eat Cake They said we missed our goals They said the numbers weren't there So the year-end bonus disappeared Like nobody would care We showed up every morning We kept the whole thing alive We carried every deadline We kept the company moving right They said there wasn't enough To give back to everyone below But somehow there was twenty-three million For the CEO to grow If the company wasn't winning If the plan didn't go right Why reward the person leading While the workers lose their slice? They told us to understand it They told us that's the way it goes But the people doing the work Are the ones who feel the blow Let them eat cake While the rest of us break They make the decisions We carry the weight Let them eat cake From a table set high Where a person is a number And a number can say goodbye They call it business They call it change But the people left behind Remember every name They said we were expanding They said we needed more people So we logged onto our computers And taught everything we know Through phones and screens we guided them Step by step through every line They were good people doing a job They were never the reason why They came from the Philippines With their own hopes and their own plans They weren't the ones who took our jobs They were just following commands The choice was made above us By people we never saw Who turned our years of loyalty Into a line they could withdraw One woman had one year left Before retirement came Decades of loyalty and service Reduced to a name I was seven months pregnant Trying to build a future ahead Then they called us into a meeting And told us we were done instead They called it a slowdown They called it something clean But the work kept right on moving Just somewhere else overseas Let them eat cake While the rest of us break They make the decisions We live with the ache Let them eat cake From a table set high They count the money coming in We count what passes us by Move a little faster Make the numbers look right Cut another safety corner Just get through the night Someone knew the risks there Someone saw what was wrong But production kept on moving And the machine kept rolling on A father went to work that morning Like he had every day before Then at noon his family found out He would not come home anymore He died that morning While the world kept moving on Two children lost their father A mother lost her home They call it an accident They write it on a page But a family carries forever The cost of someone else's choice Step by step Line by line Count the profits Count the lives Step by step Hear the sound Of the people Carrying the ground Rules don't protect you When the people break the rules Safety isn't safety When it's only used as a tool Let them eat cake While they sit above the storm Making choices from a distance Never feeling what they've torn Let them eat cake Raise another glass high They count the money coming in We count who paid the price They call it business They call it fate But every choice has a shadow And every shadow has a name Keep marching Keep smiling Keep playing the song But the people carrying the weight Have known it all along All true stories. My partners work ceo made about 180 million and then they cut the bonuses that year and gave the ceo a 23 million dollar raise. who needs that much money when everyone else is suffering. I worked for a fortune 500 company first American title insurance company. they deceived us asking us to train people overseas saying we were expanding only to let my entire department go and keep them to cut costs and this is why they are a fortune 500 company. The rich get richer by taking it from others. One of my closest dearest friends partner was crushed at work due to company oversights by cutting corners to save costs. Her kids are fatherless because of corporate greed. These are real examples of why this system is broken. Thank you for listening. Maybe it will help make change, but I doubt it. I was inspired this morning to write this. and it went really well to get the feeling out, I had goosebumps listening to the final edit. Take care everyone.

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