Intro: C
verse 1
C G F C
Some say love it is a river, that drowns the tender reed.
G F C
Some say love it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed.
C7 F G
Some say love it is a hunger, and endless aching need
C G F C
I say love it is a flower, and you it's only seed.
verse 2
C G F G C
It's the heart afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance
G F G C
It's the dream afraid of waking, that never takes the chance
Em Am F G
It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give
C G F G C
And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live.
verse 3
C G F G C
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long.
G F G C
That you think that love is only, for the lucky and the strong.
Em Am F G
Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow
C G F G C
Lies the seed that with the sun's love, in the spring, becomes a rose.