Some say love it’s a river That drowns the tender reed Some say love it’s a razor That leaves your soul to bleed Some say love it’s a hunger And endless aching need I say love it’s 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 can not seem to give And the soul afraid of dying That never learns to live When 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 bees the rose