In The Loop

I try a line, let it play  
Does it stay, does it stay  
If it drifts, I let it go  
If it holds, I let it show  

You hear one, I heard ten  
Some were close, not quite then  
Every version leaves a trace  
Even when it’s erased  

Not chasing perfect  
Just chasing the click  
That quiet moment  
Where the sound fits  

Round again, not done yet  
Little turns, small resets  
If it lands, it survives  
If it doesn’t, it slides  

Round again, feel it move  
Not a push, more a groove  
I don’t force, I align  
Loop by loop, it’s mine  

Soft delete, try again  
Same idea, different bend  
Tiny shifts change the weight  
Half a step changes fate  

You call it chance  
I call it time  
Listening back  
One more time  

Not building upward  
Just circling in  
Closer each time  
Where the track sits  

Round again, not done yet  
Little turns, small resets  
If it lands, it survives  
If it doesn’t, it slides  

Round again, feel it move  
Not a push, more a groove  
I don’t force, I align  
Loop by loop, it’s mine  

You hear the one I kept  
You don’t hear the rest  
That’s the quiet part  
That’s the test  

Stay, change, stay, change  
Nothing wasted  
Just rearranged  

Round again, now it flows  
Every pass, closer goes  
Not by force, not by chance  
Just the shape of the dance  

Round again, still inside  
Where the sounds decide  
Loop by loop, in time  
You hear the kept line  

Try a line  
Let it play  
Does it stay  
Does it—