The individual life of a flower is about one week.

As a result you end up with ... higher quality roses.

Instead of lasting three days, it might last three weeks. Hibernation isn't a perfect analogy, but it isn't a bad one.

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days

How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old Time is still a-flying. And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying.