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