I´ve been livin in a room without windows
Away from the sun, no oxygen
I couldn´t tell if it was day or night
Away from the sun, growing nowhere fast
Rushing along on the pavement
Don´t even look at the people´s faces, going places

When an old man said stop
You nearly stepped on a flower
Growing through the cracks
And you didn´t even notice

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Wake up smell the roses
Life is happening and you don´t know it
Wake up, take a moment
Grab it in your hands... and own it

I realise our love is like that flower
Been neglecting the thing most precious to me
You´ve been talking but I haven´t been listening
The static in the noise been drowning you out
I so wanna be in the future
That I keep tripping

Over my own shoe laces
In these human races
And i´m brought back to now
And the volume goes down
There´s peace in his words as loud as a shout sayin´

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He says

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Like your birthday I forgot
I was with you
But I was not... really there
Snap your fingers, that´s your life
Not gonna let it pass my by no
When an old man said stop
You nearly stepped on a flower
Growing
Through the cracks
And you didn´t even notice

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