Keep It Even

There's a drawer in my house that I try to keep closed

But it's open

There's a commitment that I made to be somewhere

But it's broken

An oblique mantra in my head

It lies there on the floor like a bed

That would collapse like a trap

If it was spoken

You gotta keep it even

Even when you're uptight

Even when you're happy

Even when you're reaching for some

Line I've had in mind, it's been repressed over time

So I'm breathing

Seduced by an excuse that could not be made

But I'm speaking

There's a phone with a number that I try not to call

But it's ringing

For someone I've tried to keep to myself

But I'm singing

It's logic that's twisted and paraphrased

And justified by a distance

That separates a bond

Bound of persistence

Yeah, huh, you

You gotta keep it even

Even when you're uptight

Even when you're happy

Even when you're reaching for

That drawer in my house that I try to keep closed

But it's open