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Track: The Present
Artist: Hem
Album: No Word From Tom (Bonus Track Version)

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Name: Hem
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US indie folk-rock band

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Release: Hem (2) - No Word From Tom
Year: 2006
Genres: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop

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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
one more present to your own false heart?"