The Rose

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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 
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And you, it's 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