creeping clauses

And creeping clauses will catch you
Creeping clauses
...............................will
.......................................catch
..................................................you.

In the office, in the cube,
in the administrative stream
Lives a hope, a faint spark hope,
that things aren't really what they seem.
Could it be we're trapped in here?
Could it be there's no escape?
Is the auditor so near?
Is this paperwork my fate?

And creeping clauses will catch you
Creeping clauses
...............................will
.......................................catch
..................................................you.

There is hope, foolish hope
of streamlined smart transparency
Where all the things you write, you do
are governed by smart policy.
But this memo makes no sense?
This work instruction obscures all?
Is this procedure just pretense?
Erecting one more workflow wall?

And creeping clauses will catch you
Creeping clauses
...............................will
.......................................catch
..................................................you.

In the hallways, in the aisles
in the passages you wander
Lives a Monster, inborn Monster
Stillborn actions fill its maw.
Have you tried to do it?
NO!
Have you made it right?
NO!
Have you used plain common sense -
NO!
Have you tried to fight -
NO!
You cannot finish
Cannot start
Cannot make a decent try
The inborn Monster
Paper Monster
BUREAUCRACY's its name
It cries:
NO!
NO!
NO! NO! NO!
WE WILL MAKE YOU BLIND!

In the office, in the cube,
in the administrative stream
Lives a hope, a faint spark hope,
that things aren't really what they seem.
But they are.

And creeping clauses will catch you
Creeping clauses
...............................will
.......................................catch
..................................................you.