I wouldn't bet my savings on a roll of the dice I wouldn't build a house on top of a sheet of ice So why do I try to get settled in the unsettled? Every room, a shelf of books that I'll never read Every closet, lined with clothes I don't even need I'm just trying to get settled in the unsettled Why do I do it When I always knew it would fail me? I'm ready to propose before we go on a date I swear that I'll be fired after my first mistake Oh, why do I try to get settled in the unsettled? I dream up conversations that'll never take place Get lost reliving memories that I cannot erase Always trying to get settled in the unsettled Why do I do it When I always knew it would fail me? Why do I do it When I always knew it would fail me? I can't use science to pretend that all can be known Or heap up all my stuff, sit down, and call it a throne So why do I try to get settled in the unsettled? Why do we try to get settled in the unsettled?