Lag On The Wire
You’re a thousand miles ahead of me, different city
different sky
I’m hunched over this cracked-up screen watching pixels try to lie
Your face freezes mid-laugh
then breaks into a mess of squares
While the little spinning circle eats the meaning out of what we share.
Time zones chew our evenings
my midnight is your late day
You’re sipping coffee in the kitchen while my world feels far away
I say “I miss you, baby
” but the call drops halfway through
All you hear is white noise and a half-breathed
ragged “you.”
Hook
We’re stuck in this bad connection that keeps cutting out the heart
Lag between our sentences like it wants to pull us apart
Every “I love you” hits a buffer
every promise hits delay
Feels like we’re just two voices talking through a wire that won’t obey.
We try video on Sunday, signal weak as my control
Your lips move out of rhythm with the words you mean to say
I see you wipe at your eyes
but the sound comes late and thin
By the time I hear you sniffle you’ve already forced a grin.
I fall asleep with the phone still warm and glowing by my side
Call log full of “reconnecting” where your voice should’ve cried
I dream you’re in the doorway with your bags dropped on the floor
Wake up to a silent room and the same locked digital door.
Hook
We’re stuck in this bad connection that keeps cutting out the heart
Lag between our sentences like it wants to pull us apart
Every “I miss you” hits a buffer
every joke lands hours late
Feels like love became a progress bar that never reaches eight.
Your friends see you in person
take your time like it’s their right
Mine get drunk in the corner bar while I stare at your offline light
I scroll back through old messages we sent when this was new
When the calls came clean and easy and I still believed in you.
Tonight I almost kill the ringtone and let the battery die
Let the distance win on purpose
stop yelling at the sky
But your ID pops up in the corner, weak signal
broken bars, And I answer like a habit
like a prayer to distant stars.