Track 2 · Lyricsトラック 2・歌詞

Keep It Green

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Every risk is heard. Every request for help is removed. By the time the call begins, the status is green and the team has lost the evidence it needed to change the plan.リスクはすべて聞き取られ、支援の依頼はすべて削られる。会議が始まる頃にはステータスはグリーンになり、チームは計画を変えるために必要な根拠を失っている。

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Access will arrive after testing should begin. A dependency has slipped. Seven new screens have entered the scope while the date stays fixed. The team names the choices: reduce the work, move the date, or get a decision from upstairs.

The manager hears every request, then changes red to amber and amber to green. They call it protection: less scrutiny, fewer interruptions, more time to recover. The call ends early. No extra time or decision comes back.

In the team chat, the manager types, “Are we still on track?” Three dots appear and vanish. The work has kept its problems, and the dashboard has kept its colour.

アクセス権が届くのは、テストの開始予定より後になる。前提となる作業も遅れている。対象には新たに7画面が加わったのに、期日は動かない。チームは選択肢を示す。作業を減らすか、期日を変えるか、上の判断を仰ぐか。

管理職はすべての依頼を聞いてから、赤を黄に、黄をグリーンに変える。これはチームを守るためだと考える。追及も割り込みも減れば、立て直す時間が増える。会議は早く終わる。追加の時間も、必要な判断も返ってこない。

チームのチャットに、管理職は「まだ予定どおり進んでいる?」と打ち込む。入力中を示す3つの点が現れ、消える。仕事には問題が残り、ダッシュボードには同じ色が残る。

Lyrics歌詞

Access late
Dependency moved
Scope went up, 范围又扩大了
The date stayed still, 日期不动

The team came in with three red flags
And every flag had a name
Access comes Thursday, 周二要联合测试
The upstream date slipped, 又晚三天
Seven new screens entered scope
They named the only honest choices
Either cut the scope, 要么改日期
Or take it upstairs, 今天拍板

I heard the cost behind each word
I knew exactly what they needed
They put the decision in my hands
I put the cursor on the status

Keep it green
Keep the room upstairs serene
Red invites a hundred hands
Amber buys another meeting
Keep it green, 报喜不报忧
I cut the ask, 全部删干净
I didn't make it possible
I only made it green
我说这是保护
The target stays, the pressure moves
Pressure moves

Red became amber with one click
Amber turned green before the call
I left the delay request out, 没放进去
I left the access request out, 也没提
I told myself that scrutiny
Would steal the hours they had left
Keep them upstairs, 先别来干预
Maybe the team could close the gap, 自己补齐

No one asked me to erase it
I did it with a steady hand
I called the silence breathing room
And watched the colour hold

Keep it green
Keep the room upstairs serene
Red invites a hundred hands
Amber buys another meeting
Keep it green, 报喜不报忧
I cut the ask, 全部删干净
I didn't make it possible
I only made it green
我说这是保护
The target stays, the pressure moves

Upstairs saw a row of green, 一排绿灯
Said, "Good, the plan was right"
No extra time, no scope decision
No escalation for the blocked access
They never said no, 没有拒绝
I never put the ask onscreen, 求助没出现
The call closed three minutes early
I thanked them, 谢谢信任

I walked back into the team chat
With the same date at the top
Access still late, 权限没到
Scope still full, 依赖还在别人手里
I had protected them from questions
And protected help from finding them
我把现实留给了团队
And the green stayed upstairs, 绿色留在楼上

Keep it green
Keep the room upstairs serene
Red invites a hundred hands
Amber buys another meeting
Keep it green, 报喜不报忧
Now every ask is gone, 一个不留
I didn't make it possible
I only made it green
没人干预,也没人来救
The target stays, the pressure moves

I typed, "Are we still on track?"
Three dots
Then nothing
输入提示亮了一下
Then it vanished again, 又消失了
The dashboard stayed green