Carnation - The Jam

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