"Love is a Rose" by Neil Young

"Love is a Rose"

Love is a rose but you better not pick it

It only grows when it's on the vine.

A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it.

You lose your love when you say the word "mine".

I wanna see what's never been seen,

I wanna live that age old dream.

Come on, lads, we can go together

Let's take the best right now,

Take the best right now.

I wanna go to an old hoe-down

Long ago in a western town.

Pick me up cause my feet are draggin'

Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon.

Love is a rose but you better not pick it

It only grows when it's on the vine.

A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it

You lose your love when you say the word "mine".

Mine, mine.

Love is a rose, love is a rose.

Love is a rose, love is a rose.

Love is a Rose, by Neil Young

"Love is a Rose"

Roses have had meaning since the dawn of time. Everyone knows that a red rose is a symbol for love. In “Love is a Rose” is a romantic song about love. Neil Young wrote this song about a possessive love. Neil said positive and negative things about love. He wrote about how love can hurt like roses thorns. He uses a metaphor saying that love is a rose. The rose is a symbol of passion, love, and romance. Since roses are considered pure flowers like love is, you should never try to keep it yourself like a secret hidden treasure of the word.

Instead in this song, Neil Young advises you to love it, in the complex meaning of the word; commit yourself to that love and let it breath; let it free as it was in a beginning when it was found because love dies slowly when imprisoned. Finally, Neil said “A handful of thorns and you will know you have missed it,”which means that once love is able to fly away, it would never come back. The final message of the song, Love is a Rose, is that you may want to choose the perfect person for your life, so you do not hurt your feelings.