The Rose

(ｓｏｍｅｓａｙｌｏｖｅｉｔｉｓａｒｉｖｅｒ)

Some say love itis a river

(ｔｈａｔｄｒｏｗｎｓｔｈｅｔｅｎｄｅｒｒｅｅｄ)

That drowns the tender reed

(ｓｏｍｅｓａｙｌｏｖｅｉｔｉｓａｒａｚｏｒ)

Some say love it is a razor

(ｔｈａｔｌｅａｖｅｓｙｏｕｒｓｏｕｌｔｏｂｌｅｅｄ)

That leaves your soul to bleed

(ｓｏｍｅｓａｙｌｏｖｅｉｔｉｓａｈｕｎｇｅｒ)

Some say love it is a hunger

(ａｎｄｅｎｄｌｅｓｓａｃｈｉｎｇｎｅｅｄ)

And endless aching need

(ｉｓａｙｌｏｖｅｉｔｉｓｆｌｏｗｅｒ)

I say love it is Flower

(ａｎｄｙｏｕｉｔｓｏｎｌｙｓｅｅｄ)

And you its only seed

(ｉｔ’ｓｔｈｅｈｅａｒｔ，ａｆｒａｉｄｏｆｂｒｅａｋｉｎｇ)

It's the heart,afraid of breaking

(ｔｈａｔｎｅｖｅｒｌｅａｒｎｓｔｏｄａｎｃｅ)

That never learns to dance

(ｉｔ’ｓｔｈｅｄｒｅａｍ，ａｆｒａｉｄｏｆｗａｋｉｎｇ)

It's the dream,afraid of waking

(ｔｈａｔｎｅｖｅｒｔａｋｅｓｔｈｅｃｈａｎｃｅ)

That never takes the chance

(ｉｔ’ｓｔｈｅｏｎｅｗｈｏｗｏｎ’ｔｂｅｔａｋｅｎ)

It's the one who won't be taken

(ｗｈｏｃａｎｎｏｔｓｅｅｍｔｏｇｉｖｅ)

Who cannot seem to give

(ａｎｄｔｈｅｓｏｕｌ，ａｆｒａｉｄｏｆｄｙｉｎｇ)

And the soul,afraid of dying

(ｔｈａｔｎｅｖｅｒｌｅａｒｎｓｔｏｌｉｖｅ)

That never learns to live

(ｗｈｅｎｔｈｅｎｉｇｈｔｈａｓｂｅｅｎｔｏｏｌｏｎｅｌｙ)

When the night has been too lonely

(ａｎｄｔｈｅｒｏａｄｈａｓｂｅｅｎｔｏｏｌｏｎｇ)

And theroad has been too long

(ａｎｄｙｏｕｔｈｉｎｋｔｈａｔｌｏｖｅｉｓｏｎｌｙ)

And you think that love is only

(ｆｏｒｔｈｅｌｕｃｋｙａｎｄｔｈｅｓｔｒｏｎｇ)

For the lucky and the strong

(ｊｕｓｔｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒｉｎｔｈｅｗｉｎｔｅｒ)

Just remember in the winter

(ｆａｒｂｅｎｅａｔｈｔｈｅｂｉｔｔｅｒｓｎｏｗｓ)

Far beneath the bitter snows

(ｌｉｓｅｔｈｅｓｅｅｄｔｈａｔｗｉｔｈｔｈｅｓｕｎ’ｓｌｏｖｅ)

Lise the seed that with thesun'slove

(ｉｎｔｈｅｓｐｒｉｎｇｂｅｃｏｍｅｓｔｈｅｒｏｓｅ)

In the spring becomes the rose