| 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. |