Hold back the time, just let it hangStart the seconds, minutes and hoursAnd if I give love, will 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 dayThe book begins its story, tells of war and hateAnd tells of power, the promises of freedomEnd of all religions, never waste your lifeAnd how to close your time inside a flowerStart the seconds, minutes, hoursClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the powerThe people passing by, they stop to look at meThey all think I'm crazy, cause I'm laughing in the rainBut I am free to be whatever I may chooseTo win this freedom I know that somebody has to loseLearn of those who buy loveRead about those willing to sell itWhen we're born it's for loveSome of us will die just to get itWhat you gotta do is close your time inside a flowerStart the seconds, minutes, hoursClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the powerWe can't give our love away and never push ourselvesNo one can be something but youAnd if you think you've got the right to tell me what I amI've got no trouble leaving you aloneClose your time inside a flowerStart the seconds, minutes, hoursClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the powerClose your time inside a flowerStart the seconds, minutes, hoursClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the powerClose your time inside a flowerStart the seconds, minutes, hoursClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the powerClose your time inside a flowerLive your life, forget the powerClose your time inside a flowerForget the powerLive your life