CARNATION - Paul Weller



If you gave me a fresh carnation

I would only crush its tender petels

With me you'll have no escape

And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle -

I trample down all life in my wake

I eat it up and take the cake

I just avert my eyes to the pain

Of someone's loss helping my gain



If you gave me a dream for my pocket

You'd be plugging in the wrong socket

With me there's no room for the future

With me there's no room with a view at all -

I am out of season all year round

Hear machinery roar to my empty sound

Touch my heart and feel winter

Hold my hand and be doomed forever -



If you gave me a fresh carnation

I would only crush its tender petels

With me you'll have no escape -

And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle.

If you're wondering by now who I am

Look no further than the mirror

Because I am the Greed and Fear

And every ounce of Hate in you