The Tokens Are Gone

Lyrics

[Intro]

Monday morning, conference room,
management is selling doom.
Everybody nods along,
now the AI writes the song.

[Spoken]

AI is not optional.
This is strategy now.

[Verse 1]

Yesterday the work was hard,
now we swipe the magic card.
Every ticket, every bug,
gets a prompt and corporate shrug.

Kai says softly: Can I start?
Boss says: Yes, that’s the smart part.
Codex wakes up, looking bright,
then it burns the budget overnight.

[Pre-Chorus]

It writes the tests,
it makes the plan,
then starts it all
again, again.

The dashboard blinks,
the numbers scream,
and suddenly
we lose the dream.

[Chorus]

The tokens are gone,
the tokens are dry.
Codex is waiting,
Claude says goodbye.

Five hours of silence,
no credits to try.
AI is required,
but the budget ran dry.

[Post-Chorus]

Oh-oh-oh, just one more prompt.
Oh-oh-oh, before the boss comes.
Oh-oh-oh, the vision was clear,
but nobody saw what it costs per year.

[Verse 2]

Yesterday they said: Use more.
Today there’s a budget door.
Every prompt needs legal eyes,
cost center forms and alibis.

The agent reads the docs again,
logs and tests and line by line.
Then it smiles and says with pride:
The bug is hiding deep inside.

[Pre-Chorus]

It does review,
it writes some more,
then asks itself:
What was that for?

But every answer
has a price,
until accounting
says: Think twice.

[Chorus]

The tokens are gone,
the tokens are dry.
Codex is waiting,
Claude says goodbye.

Five hours of silence,
no credits to try.
AI is required,
but the budget ran dry.

[Post-Chorus]

Oh-oh-oh, just one more prompt.
Oh-oh-oh, before the boss comes.
Oh-oh-oh, the vision was clear,
but nobody saw what it costs per year.

[Verse 3]

In the daily, Kai reports:
Yesterday I hit the ports.
Story open, branch alive,
Claude is blocked till after five.

Then the memo hits the floor:
AI is mandatory, sure.
Only with a form and note,
please do not casually quote.

[Bridge]

Once we ran out of RAM,
then the server had a jam.
Now the token tank is low,
and the AI says: No.

First they said it makes us fast.
Now they say: Please make it last.
First the boss was thrilled and loud,
now he fears the invoice cloud.

[Breakdown]

[Spoken, dramatic]

This prompt was rejected due to budget restrictions.
Please contact your cost center.

[Build-Up]

Just one more bug,
just one more test,
just one more tiny
little rest.

Just one more prompt,
then we can fly.
Oh no, we hit
the limit line.

[Final Chorus]

The tokens are gone,
the tokens are dry.
Codex is waiting,
Claude says goodbye.

Five hours of silence,
no credits to try.
AI is required,
but the budget ran dry.

The tokens are gone,
the tokens are dry.
Everyone wants future,
but no one will buy.

Five hours of silence,
no credits to try.
AI is required,
but the budget ran dry.

[Outro]

The tokens are gone,
the song is done.
Tomorrow at eight,
the reset will come.

Boss says: We scale it!
Everyone sighs.
Without any credits,
no robot replies.

[End]