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Intro:
C F
Hold back the time
Am F
just let it hang
G A
stop the seconds, minutes, hours
F G
And if I give you love
Am Gsus4 G
will you let me keep myself?
C F Am F G
Verse:
Am G F
I'm sitting out here on the very edge of earth
Bb F G C
looking through a book from long before the world began
Am G F
The man who gave it to me didn't have a name
Bb F G C
as overhead the sun is running down the day
[Pre-chorus]
F G
The book begins its story
Am G
it tells of war and hate and tells of power
F G
The promises of freedom
Dm F G
and of all religions love and ways of life and how to
[Chours]
C
Close your time inside a flower
F
stop the seconds, minutes, hours
Am F
Close your time inside a flower
G C
live your life forget the power
Verse:
Am G F
The people passing by and they stop to look at me
Bb F G C
they all think I'm crazy cause I'm laughing in the wind
Am G F
But I am free to be whatever I may choose
Bb F G C
to win this freedom I know that somebody had to lose
[Pre-chorus]
F G
I've learned of those who buy love
Am G
read about those willing to sell it
F G
When we're born it's for love
Dm F G
some of us would die just to get it what you gotta do is
Chorus:
C
Close your time inside a flower
F
stop the seconds, minutes, hours
Am F
Close your time inside a flower
G C
live your life forget the power
Bridge:
Bb F
We can give our love away and never lose ourselves
Am G
but no one can be something that you own
Bb F
And if you think you've got the right to tell me what I am
C G
I got no trouble leaving you alone
C Ab Bb
Chorus:
C
Close your time inside a flower
Ab Bb
stop the seconds, minutes, hours
C
Close your time inside a flower
Ab Bb
live your life forget the power
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Song History
Published: May 5, 2026
Last Updated: May 5, 2026