The Rose by Westlife

Some say love it is a river
That (1)____________ 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 (2)____________ 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 (3)________ to give
And the (4)________ (5)____________ 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 (6)__________ and the strong
Just (7)________________ in the winter
Far (8)______________ the (9)____________ snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose

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