Song · Storm Cellar
The Apology Drawer
“The Apology Drawer” is track 21 on Rob Matare's Country album Storm Cellar, released October 7, 2026. Country songs about family and holding on: your mother's kitchen, the fixed fence, casseroles, and a shop with our name on it.
“The Apology Drawer” lyrics
There's a drawer beneath the toaster
Full of things I meant to say
Cards I bought at closing time
Never signed or sent your way
I was good at feeling sorry
When nobody had to know
The apology drawer
Won't close anymore
The apology drawer
What am I saving them for?
I took one out this morning
Put your address on the front
Didn't write about my reasons
Didn't ask you what you want
Just the thing I should've told you
When it could've meant enough
The apology drawer
Won't close anymore
The apology drawer
What am I saving them for?
You don't owe me an answer
You don't owe me being fine
I'm not sending you a question
I'm admitting what was mine
The apology drawer
Won't close anymore
The apology drawer
What am I saving them for?
The apology drawer
One less letter inside
Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.
More from Storm Cellar
- 1Storm Cellar3:10
- 2Kick It Up High2:20
- 3Called Him My Name2:45
- 4Bad Enough3:10
- 5Big Boy Pants2:22
- 6Your Mother's Kitchen2:39
- 7Honest to a Fault3:01
- 8Nobody's Yelling3:15
- 9Tired of Being Good2:48
- 10Good Shoes, Bad Floor2:27
- 11The Picture We Picked2:12
- 12Odometer2:35
- 13Exit 422:43
- 14Nothing in the Glovebox2:29
- 15Tough It Out2:58
- 16Headlights Round the Bend3:12
- 17Fixed the Fence3:19
- 18The Dress Fits Now2:43
- 19Hard People3:18
- 20The Mechanic Called2:24
- 22Somebody to Buy For2:20
- 23Casseroles3:15
- 24A Shop with Our Name1:59
Previews provided courtesy of iTunes. 