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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