Winter Rose/Love Awake Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Krtski 

Cover art for Winter Rose/Love Awake lyrics by Paul McCartney

The first part of this song (Winter rose) is rather great. I think it's a shame it was stuck together with the second part (love awake).

I think the Winter Rose part is about someone having a secret love and his/her wanting to bring this person a token of his/her love in the form of something that brings beauty and solace. At the same time it's expressing the melancholy that comes with the passing of good times, thinking back on them and realising they never last.

In my opinion, the melody and the lyrics of Winter Rose fit together very well. They both express melancholy and beauty in a rather sensitive way.