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The Rose
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Aug 25, 2026 updated
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Katherine Jenkins performs "The Rose," a song that reflects on the nature of love, comparing it to a river, a razor, a hunger, and ultimately a flower. The lyrics encourage listeners to take risks in love despite the fear of heartbreak, and to remember that even in difficult times, love can grow and bloom like a rose in spring. While the song is not explicitly religious, its themes of hope, resilience, and the transformative power of love resonate with Christian values of faith and perseverance.
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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 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 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