Inside a Flower
Hold back the timeJust let it hangStop the seconds, minutes and hoursAnd if I give you loveWill you let me keep myself?
I'm sitting out here on the very edge of earthLooking through a book from long before the world beganThe man who gave it to me didn't have a nameAnd overhead the sun is running down the day
The book begins its storyTells of war and hate and tells of powerThe promises of freedomAnd of all religions, love and ways of lifeAnd how to
Close your time inside a flowerStop the seconds, minutes and hoursClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the power
The people passing by they stop to look at meThey all think I'm crazy ‘cause I'm laughing in the windBut I am free to be whatever I may chooseTo win this freedom I know that somebody had to lose
I've learned to those who buy loveAnd read about those willing to sell itWhen we're born it's for loveSome of us will die, just you get itWhat you got to do is
Close your time inside a flowerStop the seconds, minutes and hoursClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the power
We can give our love away and never lose ourselvesBut no one can be something that you ownAnd if you think you've got the right to tell me what I amI've got no trouble leaving you alone…
Close your time inside a flowerStop the seconds, minutes and hoursClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the power