Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Carnation, artist - The Jam.
Date of issue: 31.12.1996
Song language: English
Carnation |
If you gave me a fresh carnation |
I would only crush its tender petals |
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 petals |
With me you’ll have no escape |
And at the same time there’ll be nowhere to settle |
And 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 |