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Chest pain, you called it stress
Tingling in your arm, just tired, you said
Thirty hours without proper sleep
Résumé full, artery clogged

The report won't hug you in the coffin
The bonus won't pay for the heart attack that came

Collapse! The heart stopped asking permission
Collapse! Your body collected the sentence
Collapse! You traded the signs for targets
Collapse! Now it's too late to hurry

Global, this marathon with no finish line
In any country, the same wrong race
Working till you drop isn't virtue, it's a grave
And no one applauds who dies in the chair

Collapse! The heart stopped asking permission
Collapse! Your body collected the sentence
Collapse! You traded the signs for targets
Collapse! Now it's too late to hurry

No one will remember your spreadsheet
No one will mourn your excess
They'll just ask: Why didn't he stop?

Collapse! The body screams before it goes silent
Collapse! And you refused to listen

The heart stopped asking permission