Sweet Present

Sweet present, what do you bring to me?
Boxes dressed in ribbons of illusion I see
Long embraces I don't know how to part
Touches that live where the body isn't

Don't fade away now, I beg you in vain
Let me stay living inside this frame
Before today turns into yesterday
And slips away before I know what I gave

So bring me back
Bring me back
Give me what time has taken from me
I need you
Just a little more

Bring me back
Even if it hurts
Even if there's no after to see
I need you
Just a little more

My kisses used to heal your pain
My voice would rock you into sleep again
Now I speak alone to these empty walls
And the echo answers every call

Time doesn't know how to replay
What we were without knowing the way
So give me the remnants of what we had
Even if it's little, just enough to last

Sweet present, don't treat me this way
I gave you all that lived in me
My life, my soul, my now, my days
What's left are memories standing still of you

I had it all and never knew
I held the sweetness but couldn't feel it through
Today I'd give my whole life through
For one small moment
Of the life I knew

So bring me back
Bring me back
Give me what faded away
I need you
Just a little more

Bring me back
Even in dreams
Even if it's only me
I need you
Just a little more