Went Too Far

Never On The Test - ballad - 4:04

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Song Background/Inspiration

Sung from the perspective of the executive who made the call - the leader who stood on a stage, promised a machine could do it all, celebrated the savings, and then watched the complaints pour in and the trust drain away. Went Too Far is a confession, not a victory lap, with the applause still ringing in his ears as he realizes how wrong he was in front of everyone. It ends on the call he swore he would never make, asking the people he let go to come back - no press release, no speech, just a quiet apology down the line. It is the rare song that hands the microphone to the person who caused the damage and lets him reckon with it out loud.

Lyrics

I stood up on the stage that day Told 'em watch the future, watch me lead the way Said the machine could do it all Catch us when we leap and never let us fall The numbers looked so clean and bright God help me, I believed I had it right The applause still rings, I can hear it now And I'd take it back if I knew how I went too far Chased the savings, lost the heart Tore the engine down to start Something I don't recognize I went too far Read the headlines, raised the bar Now I'm staring at the scars And the truth behind my eyes I went too far The quarter closed, we cheered the cut Then the dashboards all went red and wouldn't shut The letters came, the trust went thin Every door I'd closed, I had to open again The thing I swore could run alone Was crying out for everyone we'd thrown The applause still rings, I can hear it now And I'd take it back if I knew how I went too far Chased the savings, lost the heart Tore the engine down to start Something I don't recognize I went too far Read the headlines, raised the bar Now I'm staring at the scars And the truth behind my eyes I went too far So I made the call I swore I'd never make Picked up the phone for all our sake Said come back, please, I was wrong We needed you here all along No press release, no speech this time Just a quiet"sorry" down the line I went too far But I'm here to make it right Bring the people back tonight Trade the headline for the truth I went too far Learned it slow and learned it hard You can't replace the human part That's the lesson, that's the proof I went too far I went too far..