The Rose

By    Bette Midler Lyrics

Compiled and edited by Charlie Farricielli

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 it's 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

A Single Red Rose Says "I Love You"

 The Magical Powers of a Red Rose

The Language of Flowers was brought to Europe in the 18th century. Each flower, color, and number had a specific meaning. By the 19th century, the floral code became popular with people sending messages via flower bouquets. Conversations between lovers took place without a single word being written or spoken.  In the 21st century, a single red rose can be used with your message to convey your love.

If other expressions are needed, though, borrow some love words from poets.

"Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a heaven in hell's despair." 
   William Blake

"I love you so much, truly, that one could sooner dry up the deep sea and hold back its waves than I could constrain myself from loving you."
   Guillaume de Machaut

"For I had rather owner be
Of thee one hour, than all else ever."
   John Donne

A single rose speaks volumes. Single Rose Tidbit:
A single rose is all you need to convey your love to another.

Symbol of Romance and Love
throughout History.
 

From the time Cleopatra filled room two-feet deep with rose petals for the visit of her beloved Marc Anthony to modern singles offering a single rose to their lovers, the rose has been a symbol of romance and love.

The rose was sacred to Venus, the Roman goddess of love. Robert burns the Scottish Poet, expressed his love as being like a red, red rose.

In the traditional Language of Flowers, lovers sent multiple or single roses to each other with very specific meanings understood by all: A red rose signified passion but a withered red rose meant that love was over.

No other plant has a heritage as long or romantic as the rose. Although the rose has had many meanings throughout history, it is most often associated with love and romance today. 

All roses symbolize love, but certain rose colors take on special meanings. Red roses clearly say "I love you" in any romantic situation. 

Although many lovers present roses by the dozen, a single rose is all that is needed to promise lifelong devotion and romance to the love of your life.   

A single rose and a love quote:

"In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love."
   Marc Chagall

“A cosmic explosion of life and inexhaustible energy, contained

In a red rose.

It’s a magic gift from the Heavens”