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Liam Gallagher – Carnation (1999) | Track profile | Dork

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Liam Gallagher
Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam
Carnation

TRACK

Carnation

Release date: 1st November 1999

From Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam

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About This Track

"Carnation" is a track by Liam Gallagher, from the album Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam, released 1st November 1999. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Liam Gallagher.

About the Artist

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher

Lyrics

Carnation

[Chorus 1]

If you gave me a fresh carnation

I would only crush it's tender petals

With me you'll have no escape

And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus 2]

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

[Verse 2]

I am out of season all year around

Hear machinery roar to my empty sound

Touch my heart and feel winter

Hold my hand and be doomed forever

[Chorus 1]

If you gave me a fresh carnation

I would only crush it's tender petals

With me you'll have no escape

And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle

[Verse 3]

And if you're wondering by now who I am

Look no further than the mirror

Cause I am the greed and fear

And every ounce of hate in you

[Outro]

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Track details

From Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam

1999

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Album

Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam

Release year

1999

—English Rose
—To Be Someone
—Start!
—Carnation

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Paul Weller
Producer: Brendan Lynch, Max Hayes, Steve Cradock
Vocals: Liam Gallagher