Eddie Vedder
Present Tense
[Verse 1]
Do you see the way that tree bends?
Does it inspire?
Leanin' out to catch the sun's rays
A lesson to be applied
Are you gettin' something out of this
All-encompassing trip?

[Chorus]
You can spend your time alone redigestin' past regrets or
Or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh-ooh
Makes much more sense
To live in the present tense

[Verse 2]
Have you ideas on how this life ends?
Checked your hands and studied the lines?
Have you the belief that the road ahead
Ascends off into the light?

Seems that needlessly it's gettin' harder
To find an approach and a way to live
Are we gettin' something out of this
All-encompassing trip?

[Chorus]
You can spend your time alone redigestin' past regrets or
Or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, oh-ooh
Oh, makes much more sense
To live in the present tense
[Instrumental Outro with Vocaliz]