Groove Denied (Again)

Counted wrong just to feel the fire

Stumbled forward, climbed the wire

Sketched the steps, misplaced the beat

Still found rhythm in the heat

You leaned in-I broke the form

Missed your cue, but changed the norm

If I can't move like you expect

I'll spin the timing you reject

Groove denied! (again, again)

No four-on-the-floor, no easy street

Groove denied! (just missed the drop)

I took control you took a seat

Held my breath through clustered bars

Just to land where patterns spar

You looped it twice, I lost the trace

Now we both chase second place

Tap my chest, not sure I'm right

Syllables don't land polite

The phrase arrives, then breaks apart

But that's the charm of crooked art

Groove denied! (again, again)

No four-on-the-floor, no easy street

Groove denied! (just missed the drop)

I took control you took a seat

You eased into a simple sway

While I carved lines that wouldn't stay

I could fake smooth or stay strange

But never both upon this stage

Groove denied! (again, again)

No four-on-the-floor, no easy street

Groove denied! (just missed the drop)

I took control you took a seat

Groove denied! (tap your feet and miss it)

Groove denied! (caught a rhythm sickness)

Groove denied!

Showed my work, still got marked down