Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: new-age
Song Meaning of “The Rose” by Thad Fiscella
The Rose, a heart-wrenching ballad written by Thad Fiscella, is a tribute to lost love. Fiscella paints a vivid image of a lone rose. Symbolizing the strong emotions of grief, longing, and the feeling of being all alone in a metaphorical garden now filled with loneliness.
The first verse speaks to the crushing pain one feels when letting go of someone they loved and how with only a single rose left, there is no hope of the love ever being rekindled. In the chorus, the ‘Fiscella pleads his case for his ex to come back as he sings ‘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.’ He longs for a chance to have the love they once shared to bloom into something beautiful once again.
The second verse holds an even greater message of strength and power. We can learn from the rose that we can rise above grief and hardship to blossom in our most vulnerable moments. The rose is viewed to many as a symbol of everlasting beauty, resilience, and hope that no matter what we go through in life, we can still overcome it without fear of being forgotten.