Present Tense

Do you see the way that tree bends?
 Does it inspire?
 
 Leaning out to catch the sun's rays
 A lesson to be applied
 Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
 You can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets, oh
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 Or you can come to terms and realize
 You're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
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 Makes much more sense to live in the present tense
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 Have you ideas on how this life ends?
 Checked your hands and studied the lines?
 Have you ever believed that the road ahead
 Ascends off into the light?
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 Seems that needlessly it's getting harder
 To find an approach and a way to live
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 Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
 You can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets, oh
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 Or you can come to terms and realize
 You're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, oh
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 Makes much more sense to live in the present tense