Even Keel

I literally seen the world around me burning down

My mid thirties when the earning power turned around

Word of mouth got the curb serving further out

No uncertain doubts been yearning to turn some fertile ground

Like maybe lately I don't need the art

I dunno it's like life doesn't seem as hard

It's a tangled web we weave but I ain't Peter Parker/or

Happy simply seasoning the meat up in the cuisinart

But you gotta find solace in the simple things

Don't go wifing up the first girl you fuck with nipple rings

Occasionally I still wonder when the ship'll sink

Sitting on the sectional clicking on a grip of links

But rarely reading past the headlines

I'm terribly scared of meds I

Just barely got my head fine

A February glare apparent in my red eyes

Been staring down the barrel of a deadline

But it's fine

And I ain't too high but I ain't too low

40 years down 40 more to go

Said I ain't too high and I ain't too low

The even keel king letting life move slow

I used to talk about the betterment

But never did the heavy lifting work that I pretend I did

And pretty girls will still reward the ugly penmanship

That luck will make it tough to figure out what your incentive is

When I was off of venice and motor

In a studio that barely fit a bed and a sofa

My 65 year old neighbor slanging fentanyl doses

And people sleeping on the stairs barely better than hopeless

I was incubating trying to cover up that stink you make when

People turn their noses up and scoff at all the risks you taking

Like man I know that I was broke

But I also knew my shit was bout to go

So my idealism's always been bigger than my for-realism

Had my demons but I been learning to deal with them

Gather up that salt that you throwing season a meal with it

I been doing this a long time but it feels different

And I ain't too high but I ain't too low

40 years down 40 more to go

Said I ain't too high and I ain't too low

The even keel king letting life move slow