[verse 1] C G Some say love, it is a river, F G C That drowns the tender reed C G Some say love, it is a razor, F G C That leaves your soul to bleed Em Am Some say love, it is a hunger, F Dm7 G An endless aching need C G I say love, it is a flower and F G C You its only seed [verse 2] C G It's the heart afraid of breaking F G C That never learns to dance C G It's the dream afraid of waking F G C That never takes the chance Em Am Am7 It's the one who won't be taken F Dm7 G Who cannot seem to give C G And the soul afraid of dying F G C That never learns to live [verse 3] C G When the night has been too lonely F G C And the road has been too long C G And you think that love is only F G C For the lucky and the strong Em Am Just remember in the winter F G Gsus4 Far beneath the bitter snow C G Lies the seed that with the sun's love, F G C In the spring becomes the rose