Carnation

If you gave me a fresh carnation

I would only crush its tender petals

With me, you'll have no escape

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'm 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

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