[Intro]
White House says the N.R.C is too slow.
So pressured now to speed up approvals.

[Verse 1]

They call it an N.R.C reshuffle,
say it’s just how work gets done
A few positions get shifted,
then the whole place starts to run
Sixty days to shape it,
sixty days to make it fit
Efficient and timely
becomes how they talk

They don’t say rush it
They say keep it moving
They don’t say cut
They say streamline

[Verse 2]
A room that used to examine
now gets graded by the clock
A pause becomes a problem,
an inquiry becomes a block
One chain, one channel,
one desk that takes the weight
And the old way of stopping to look
becomes too late

The Commission wants consistency
The project manager wants closure

[Pre-Chorus]
And it won’t break loud
It won’t flash red
It’ll feel like normal
Right up to the edge

[Chorus]
End of September
old caution, new deadline
End of September
fast track, slow consequences
End of September
time gets the last word
End of September
and the outrage learns to wait

[Verse 3]
After the deadline,
the pace becomes the culture
What can’t be explained
goes uncounted
Small warnings get filed as handled,
then closed
If it didn’t stop the schedule,
it became acceptable

N.R.C. does the checking
and the oversight stays pigeon holed 

[Bridge]
Speed is easy to prove
Safety is harder to show
And what gets missed
Doesn’t announce itself

[Final Chorus]
End of September
old caution, new deadline
End of September
fast track, slow consequences
End of September
time gets the last word
End of September
and the outrage learns to wait

[Outro]
End of September
the gate still stands
but it swings a little faster
than it used to