The Rose

[Intro ]
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Some say love, it is a river, 
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That drowns the tender reed 
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Some say love, it is a razor, 
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That leaves your soul to bleed 
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Some say love, it is a hunger, 
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An endless aching need 
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I say love, it is a flower and 
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You its only seed 
 

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

 
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When the night has been too lonely 
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And the road has been too long 
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And you think that love is only 
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For the lucky and the strong 
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Just remember in the winter 
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Far beneath the bitter snow 
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Lies the seed that with the sun's love, 
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In the spring becomes the rose