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If you gave me a fresh carnation |
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I would only crush its tender petals |
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With me you'll have no escape |
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And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle |
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I trample down all life in my wake |
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I eat it up and take the cake |
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I just avert my eyes to the pain |
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Of someone's loss helping my gain |
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If you gave me a dream for my pocket |
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You'd be plugging in the wrong socket |
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With me there's no room for the future |
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With me there's no room with a view at all |
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I am out of season all year 'round |
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Hear machinery roar to my empty sound |
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Touch my heart and feel winter |
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Hold my hand and be doomed forever |
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If you gave me a fresh carnation |
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I would only crush its tender petals |
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With me you'll have no escape |
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And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle |
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And if you're wondering by now who I am |
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Look no further than the mirror |
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Because I am the greed and fear |
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And every ounce of hate in you |