On My Honor - Present Tense Lyrics
A child on church stepsReminding me of meNot in my current stateMore content, more clean at seventeenWhoever he’s talking toI pray they’re listeningSo he wont end up like meTry to see the good in everythingBut that young man’s eyes are not for meThey’ve been blinded and removedGround and lit and smoked by breaths too deepI’m exhaling but my stomach stays weekLike I’ve swallowed any keysThat may unlock the answers I seekAnd still, I'm sweating through my sheets, too many nights on endTalks and dreams of how I thought I’d be a better manWhen I compare the past to my present tenseI’m as clean, as clean as I have ever beenSaw an old man sitting aloneLunch on a holidayWondered who he used to see with himAnd it sparked in side of meThe future that I used to seeThe way I feel todayThe visions that I used to paintAnd the canvases in my basement sitting blankWhy can’t I accept what’s offered to me?Why can't I accept what's offered to me?And still, I'm sweating through my sheets, too many nights on endTalks and dreams of how I thought I’d be a better manWhen I compare the past to my present tenseI’m as clean, as clean as I have ever been
