Letra de
The Rose

A música The Rose, composta por Amanda McBroom e popularizada por Bette Midler, foi inspirada por uma música que McBroom ouviu na trilha sonora do filme Madame X. Embora inicialmente escrita para seu uso pessoal, ela só se tornou conhecida após ser escolhida como tema para o filme The Rose estrelado por Midler em 1979.

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 snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love,
In the spring becomes the rose