Song Description
Driving alt-pop song that provides an off-kilter description of the afterlife.
| Song Length |
4:36 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Cool |
Subject |
Paradise, Diseases |
| Similar Artists |
Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Red Carnation
Martin Carpenter
Verse 1
There?s a city with an underground tunnel system
Used to take you from point ?A? to point ?B?
There?s a wedding with a feast of finest morsels
And the outfits are black and velvety
Chorus
You don?t need no invitation
All you need is a sense that you belong
They will pin you with a red carnation
And they?ll read your name from the top of a white-rock stone
Verse 2
All around there?s crags of broken houses
Near a hotel on a lake of crystal blue
And sometimes you must travel incognito
Or soon they will be coming after you
Chorus
Instrumental Bridge
Verse 3
Where the paranoid come to get their vengeance
Where the maniacs come to get some sleep
Where defective and crippled come to walk
Where the dumb and retarded come to speak
Where abandoned come to find companions
Where the pompous come to be made meek