"The Rose" is a pop song written by Amanda McBroom made famous by Bette Midler in the 1979 movie The Rose. Since then it has been covered by a variety of artists.
The song is encouragement for people who are so afraid of failing (in love, among other things) that they do not even try, as illustrated by the lyric "And the soul, afraid of dying, that never learns to live..."
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