"The Rose"

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 dying
that never learns to live

And 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 snow

Lies the seed
that with the sun's love,
in the spring, becomes "The Rose"

-----------Westlife