The Rose-Amanda McBroom

[ti:The Rose] [ar:Amanda McBroom] [al:Portraits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Rose - Amanda McBroom [00:08.02]Some say love, it is a river [00:14.71]That drowns the tender reed [00:21.52]Some say love, it is a razor [00:28.90]That leaves your soul to bleed [00:35.27]Some say love, it is a hunger [00:42.83]An endless, aching need [00:49.77]I say love, it is a flower [00:56.79]And you, it's only seed [01:07.54]It's the heart, afraid of breaking [01:13.54] [01:15.11]That never learns to dance [01:21.48]It's the dream, afraid of waking [01:28.61]That never takes the chance [01:35.36]It's the one who won't be taken [01:42.74]Who cannot seem to give [01:48.51] [01:49.58]And the soul afraid of dyin' [01:56.77]That never learns to live [02:04.90] [02:06.96]When the night has been too lonely [02:14.21]And the road has been too long [02:21.53]And you think that love is only [02:26.07]For the lucky and the strong [02:32.62]Just remember, in the winter [02:42.69]Far beneath the bitter snows [02:49.63]Lie the seed, that with the sun's love [02:57.31]In the spring, becomes the rose