Smell the Roses

[Verse 1]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

When an old man said stop

You nearly stepped on a flower

Growing through the cracks

And you didn't even notice

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

I realize 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 shoelaces

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'

[Chorus]

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

He said...

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

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

He said...

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

Wake up, smell the roses (Just 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