Lyrics of the Rose

The song is titled "The Rose" and is about the nature of love. The lyrics explore different perspectives on love, with some seeing it as a destructive force and others as a necessary need. The singer, however, sees love as a beautiful thing that can grow and blossom, with the person they love being the seed. The song also touches on the idea that fear can hold people back from experiencing love and the hope that, even in the darkest times, love can bloom like a rose in the spring.

Facts about the Rose Lyrics

This track was released as the second single from "The Rose" soundtrack album.

Bette Midler recorded "The Rose" for her 1980 eponymous film based on the life of Janis Joplin. Amanda McBroom, who wrote the song, recalled, "The producers hated it. They thought it was dull and not rock-and-roll and totally wrong. They put it in the reject box. But Paul Rothchild, who had been Janis Joplin's producer, and now the music supervisor on the film, hauled it out and asked them to reconsider. They again said, 'No.' So he mailed it to Bette Midler, the star of the movie. She liked it, lobbied in favor of it; and that's how it got into the film and changed my life forever."

This song became a number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Bette Midler won a Grammy award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", and Amanda McBroom won a Golden Globe award for "Best Original Song".

SONG: The Rose 
ARTIST: Bette Midler
ALBUM: The Rose
WRITERS: Amanda McBroom

Lyrics

Some say, "Love. It is a river

That drowns 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 its 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 cannot seem to give

And the soul afraid of dyin'

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 snows

Lies the seed that with the sun's love

In the spring becomes the rose

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