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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 it's only seed

 It's the heart, afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance

 It's the dream, afraid of waking, that never takes the 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

 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