[Intro: Isadora Lauritz]

As time comes to closing
Wish I smell the roses,
Now the petals are broken, roots decomposing
Thorns disappeared
I never noticed
Could’ve watered
I’m not focused
Blowing dust, my lowest
I never smelled the roses

[Verse 1: Ezra Allen]

Can’t you see my goals?
I shout through empty halls
Be down for the cause through missed calls
and absent-minded conversation

My main attraction is my constant distraction
And when you subtract that you’re a doormat
I walk over

Selling free time for exposure
Polarising links 'I'm a loner'
Lowering the lines, so I fit.
Minimalising time at parties before I split

There's beauty in the fire
that burns the kingdom down
Destructive power without sound
While you’re beaten down like ground beef
Keep ending in a heap
Leaking memories made cheap

And it's not a leap to say
They don't see you anymore
You keep climbing stairs
But don’t look at the floors
Life's a chore, you procrastinate
No source to imitate

[Chorus: Isadora Lauritz]

When all is dead,
Will you take the time then

When they stop calling
Will you take the time then

When you're wealthy independent
Will you take the time then

When you see the thorns,
Feeling tired and worn
Will you take the time then

[Post-Chorus: Isadora]

Take the time then
Take the time then
Take the time

[Verse 2]

Can’t you see the roles, I played
Money that I made and lost
Working at a cost, fingers crossed
That it’ll come to something
something not remembered as the dumb thing
dumb thing, but figure I'm becoming

A relief In disbelief
conceived through looseleaf
spreadsheets and bedsheets
watching as friendships leaks

Into structures I bulldozed
when I built, without much skill
Watching the connections that I killed

I left a while back, new purpose
Weights reracked-earnest
Mistakes-gates-open, mind closed
New problems exposed, but-never disclosed

Steer clear of sincere remarks
that when I look at my year
I'm unaware, there's nothing there
My life’s a private affair

[Chorus: Isadora]

When you're well-read
Will you, take the time then

When there’s applauding
Will you take the time then

When you don't how to spend it
Will you take the time then

When you see the thorns,
realise you’re the cause
Will you take the time then

[Pre-Chorus: Isadora]
Take the time then
Take the time then
Take the time

[Outro]