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 re
Pressed 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 its open