Christopher Jager JagerNote Records · Muskegon, Michigan

Latency

Lyrics

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Ran reps in the red No flags no advisories Packets sent clean disappeared silently Handshake missed no failure returned to me Just lag in the Line trained my expectancy Showed up too early rooms still schematic Chairs outta place exits half automatic Built weight in the Dark where reflection quit Logged slow progression no chart would admit Clock leaned sideways seconds misallocated Time felt rented temporally weighted Read lag as loss That was rookie math Confused dead air with the End of the path Stayed executable headless reserved No crowd no cheer just pressure conserved Pace stayed patient posture preserved Heat built quiet while timing deferred Nothing hits when I’m waitin on it Everything rings when I let it go Pressed too hard got dead line static Stopped reachin now the phone won’t close Yeah it’s quiet till It isn’t at all That delay got a Mind of its own Latency don’t answer need It responds when you’re already whole Shift hit clean When I cut the refresh Stopped interrogatin silence for yes Bandwidth back signal stabilized Eyes on the build Not the feedback replies That’s when the backlog cracked and released Old pings resurfaced like they never deceased Women tap in When the want goes mute When you busy livin inside your truth No pitch in my tone No hunger to sell Just grounded and full calibrated well They call it allure mystique command I call it pressure Finally off the demand Congestion dissolved paths realigned Timeouts resolve in their own damn time Signal settled static unstressed Need leaves clean then The system says yes Nothing hits when I’m waitin on it Everything rings when I let it go Pressed too hard got dead line static Stopped reachin now the phone won’t close Yeah it’s quiet till It isn’t at all That delay got a Mind of its own Latency don’t answer need It responds when you’re already whole Seen it echo in capital craft Skills stack interest off screen off stats Years of rehearsal negligible yield Then returns show up Once the ego peeled Royalties land at old addresses Applause late outta phase with effort metrics Learned not to flinch When the quiet extends Not every silence is sayin you’re bent Stopped narratin drought like personal debt Started readin the gap as buffer offset If nothing arrives I don’t bargain Or plead I widen the window throttle the need Pattern proof progress precision persisted Metrics miss motion momentum encrypted Process proof progress packed Pressure parsed patience practiced Signal sharpened static starved status stalled But standards massive World answers late not crooked or bent Just runnin schedules it never sent Funny how it comes back When you’re good without it No clean resolve in this feedback loop No stamp at the end sayin approved Some systems run without closure cues They just keep movin with altered use I don’t force sync Or rush the land Learned how to live mid loading span Interest stacks while the screen stays still You only feel broke If you chase the thrill Of instant proof immediate gain Watchin the system obey your pain If love shows late I don’t rewrite tracks If wins come late I don’t double back Calm cadence coded composure intact Latency schoolin how not to react Buffer still spinnin state unresolved I move forward fluent in delayed resolve Nothing hits when I’m waitin on it Everything rings when I let it go Latency don’t answer need It responds when you’re already whole