The Rose Lyrics

“The Rose”
by Amanda McBroom

Verse one
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.

Some say love, it is a hunger,

An endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower,
And you its only seed.

Verse two

It’s the heart, afraid of breaking,
That never learns to dance.
It’s the dream, afraid of waking,
That never takes a chance.
It’s the one who won’t be taken,
Who cannot seem to give.
And the soul, afraid of dyin’,
That never learns to live.

Verse Three
When 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,
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun’s love,
In the spring becomes the rose.

© 1977 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. & Thirdstory Music Inc.; Used by permission