Some say love it is a river That drowns the tender reed.
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Some say love it is a razor That leaves your soul to bleed.
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 Some say love it is a hunger An endless, aching need
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I say love it is a flower, And you its only seed.
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It's the heart afraid of breaking. That never learns to dance
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It's the dream afraid of waking. That never takes a chance 
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 It's the ones who won't be taken, Who cannot seem to give
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And the soul afraid of dying. That never learns to live.
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When the night has been too lonely And the road has been too long.
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And you feel that love is only For the lucky and the strong.
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 Just remember in the winter. Far beneath the bitter snow
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Lies the seed that with the sun's love, In the spring, becomes the rose.