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 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 --- Keep It Even - Parquet Courts