The Present Lyrics - Hem

(Dan Messe) 

When I saw him by the river 

He just smiled and closed his eyes 

He said you know that you're gonna give her 

One more present - one more lie 

I didn't see him for a while then 

Though I heard his name around 

So I walked down a hundred miles when 

On that Iron Bridge it was him I found 

I said you know that I have wandered 

By the dust here on my feet 

For every present that I have squandered 

On every false heart that I meet 

But I can't take back what I gave them 

No, I can't make right what I've made wrong 

I can't pretend that I tried to save them 

When they were drowning in my song 

So I don't come here for a new scar 

For to cover the things I've done 

I just come here to see how you are 

Maybe see how I've become 

Well he lay there on that Iron Bridge 

Where the Earth and the waters part 

He said Hello there well ain't you gonna give