"Canary in a Coal Mine" : FAWM

Canary in a Coal Mine

Skirmish: lookout -or- look out (@melodic)

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Liner Notes

#lyricsonly I first thought of the canary as the “lookout,” then saw that it rhymed with a synonym for “look out.” The risks to end users of rapid global software deployment.

Lyrics

A lot of these things Have never been tried And you are standing On the inside

It shouldn’t even be in beta No one is keeping the data It takes a pretty big scandal For them to revise

Beware Be wary You might be the canary Beware Be wary In a coal mine

How far can you extend A sensitive mind When will it break or bend What do you find

It shouldn’t even be in beta No one is keeping the data It takes a pretty big scandal For them to revise

Beware Be wary You might be the canary Beware Be wary In a coal mine

It’s like when the lava flows Around the retaining wall It doesn’t mean that anyone knows You can’t say that at all

The tester was one engineer Maybe in Warsaw And no one will ever hear All the things that he saw

It shouldn’t even be in beta No one is keeping the data It takes a pretty big scandal For them to revise

Beware Be wary You might be the canary Beware Be wary In a coal mine

Comments

@melodic 45m

love the metaphor of a canary in a coal mine! i love the unusual topic and honestly, good advice! thanks for participating :)

@kahlo2013 1h

I LOVE that catchy chorus and the wise message you deliver! Nice tight right and great take for the skirmish prompt!

@mikehex 2h

Bwahahaha, love this! I'm just floored by that chorus. If you can't spot the canary in the coal mine, it's you!

@porrectus 2h

I hadn't thought to use the canary metaphor for our technology path. Nice work, well written.

@newukenewyork 2h

Oh, yeah — canary/wary is a good rhyme for this prompt. And “you might be the canary” is a sobering warning. Well done!

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