The Rose Lyrics by Johnny Reid
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.
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 be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live.
When the night (when the night)
When the night has been too lonely (lonely)
And the road the road has been too long
When you think (when you think)
that love is only (only)
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
In the spring becomes the rose.