The Rose
I had a nice time talking to you on the phone yesterday and this is what i wanted to dedicate to you when i saw this at work today. I didn't have the chance to type this there and then because the office computer sucks and can't bring me to blogspot.
But anyway, here it goes:
The Rose
written by Amanda McBroom, sung by Better Midler
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 seed
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.
This is a song I happen to come across at work today and somehow it just struck me. I did not have the time to go check out what kind of song it is, so I may not interpret its true meaning. But that's not important. The important thing is how I interpret it.
Why I want to dedicate it to you is because it summarizes what I used to feel and what I feel now. Before I met you I just thought relationships are your every-day come then come, go then go kind of thing. Basically just float from one partner to another, without batting the eye. Probably because me, like most people, are afraid of getting hurt by the other person and hence develop a pessimistic and negative view about relationships and girls. As can be seen by the sentences "Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reed...an endless aching seed"
NOW, after I met you on that fateful day, things changed. I slowly but surely turned away from that kind of mindset and embraced a whole new one. I was changing, and I love it. And of course I love you, and only you. What I want to say is you showed me how I can also actually learn to care and love a single person so much, other than family lah.
The heart that is afraid to break and the dream that is afraid to wake reflects the nature of my childish and insecurities that I often feel but may not always say aloud. That means I just feel afraid of losing you. Sounds cliche but how many of us feel this way? Many I guess.
Like the sun, I hope I can be the one to brighten and liven up your day and life for as long as possible. I want to be your best friend, one that you can always turn to...until the day we go to the Promised Land that He has planned for us. And even so, I will still continue to be your best friend for eternity because only eternity exists from then on.
Once again, sounding cliche, but I can never say enough of this. I love you.
But anyway, here it goes:
The Rose
written by Amanda McBroom, sung by Better Midler
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 seed
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.
This is a song I happen to come across at work today and somehow it just struck me. I did not have the time to go check out what kind of song it is, so I may not interpret its true meaning. But that's not important. The important thing is how I interpret it.
Why I want to dedicate it to you is because it summarizes what I used to feel and what I feel now. Before I met you I just thought relationships are your every-day come then come, go then go kind of thing. Basically just float from one partner to another, without batting the eye. Probably because me, like most people, are afraid of getting hurt by the other person and hence develop a pessimistic and negative view about relationships and girls. As can be seen by the sentences "Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reed...an endless aching seed"
NOW, after I met you on that fateful day, things changed. I slowly but surely turned away from that kind of mindset and embraced a whole new one. I was changing, and I love it. And of course I love you, and only you. What I want to say is you showed me how I can also actually learn to care and love a single person so much, other than family lah.
The heart that is afraid to break and the dream that is afraid to wake reflects the nature of my childish and insecurities that I often feel but may not always say aloud. That means I just feel afraid of losing you. Sounds cliche but how many of us feel this way? Many I guess.
Like the sun, I hope I can be the one to brighten and liven up your day and life for as long as possible. I want to be your best friend, one that you can always turn to...until the day we go to the Promised Land that He has planned for us. And even so, I will still continue to be your best friend for eternity because only eternity exists from then on.
Once again, sounding cliche, but I can never say enough of this. I love you.
posted by g.3ne at 8:28 PM
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