Now Now Now
Tyranny of the UrgentConsistently choosing the short-term better over the long-term. Long term is harder, but more valuable.
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[Intro] Alarm screaming. Calendar bleeding. Everybody moving. Nobody leading. [Verse 1] The queue got teeth and the teeth got fed With a thousand little fires painted urgent red Roadmap on the wall but the wall caught flame So we changed the plan to "answer every name" Ping says now Boss says now Customer says wow, can you do it somehow? Future's in the basement with a broken crown While the dashboard screams and the room burns down [Pre-Chorus] We choose the loud We crown the near We mortgage the year For a minute of clear [Chorus] Now, now, now The future's on fire but we're busy somehow Now, now, now Every siren gets a sacred vow Tyranny of the urgent Short-term crown Long road buried While we're digging down [Verse 2] We had a ten-year bridge and a two-hour patch A permanent problem with a temporary latch Hard thing waiting at the edge of the map But easy got shipped with a victory lap Every later is a little knife Every quick fix comes alive at night Every shortcut wants a second chance Every crisis learned to dance [Bridge] Someday called We sent it to voicemail Strategy drowned In the daily email Name the future Or the nearest flame Gets to choose the game [Breakdown] Now. Now. Now. Now. Urgent wins. Future pays. [Final Chorus] Now, now, now The future's on fire but we're busy somehow Now, now, now Every siren gets a sacred vow Tyranny of the urgent Short-term crown Long road buried While we're digging down