The Rose

[Verse 1] Some say love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed Some say love it is a razor That leaves your soul to bleed [Verse 2] Some say love, it is a hunger An endless, aching need I say love it is a flower And you its only seed [Verse 3] It's the heart afraid of breaking That never learns to dance It's the dream afraid of waking That never takes the chance [Verse 4] It's the one who won't be taken Who cannot seem to give And the soul afraid of dying That never learns to live [Verse 4] And the night has been too lonely And the road has been too long And you think that love is only For the lucky and the strong [Verse 5] Just remember in the winter Far beneath the bitter snow Lies the seed that with the sun's love In the Spring becomes the Rose