Key: D
Introduction:
D Dm C
There's a drawer in my house that I try to keep closed but it's open
G F C
There's a commitment that I made to be somewhere but it's broken
F Fm6 C G
An oblique mantra in my head, it lies there on the floor like a bed that would
F Dm C
Collapse like a trap, if it was spoken
Am G
You gotta keep it even, even when you're uptight
Am A
Even when you're happy, even when you're reaching for some
D Dm C
Line I've had in mind, it's been repressed over time, so I'm breathing
G F C
Seduced by an excuse that could not be made but I'm speaking
Instrumental
Am A
Verse
D Dm C
There's a phone with a number that I try not to call but it's ringing
G F C
For someone I've tried to keep to myself but I'm singing
F Fm6 C G
It's logic that's twisted and paraphrased and justified by a distance
F Dm C
That separates a bond, bound of persistence
Am G
You gotta keep it even, even when you're uptight
Am A
Even when you're happy, even when you're reaching for
D Dm C
That drawer in my house that I try to keep closed but its open