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Carnation Lyrics by Karly Custer

Tunnel

2019

Carnation dying on my dresser
It still smells so sweet
It bloomed a darker shade of red like it was born in January
I guess we all get old
Soon as the days start moving forward
Fast as the vase grew all that mold
I haven't been home to wash it out
Out in the cold
Much like the winter blew its storm
Into my room
I’m overjoyed
To lay in the floor and make snow angels
Til we're bored again
Oh
Oh, oh, oh
The trampoline was freezing over til it was an ice rink
When I got scared, she took my hand
And told me I should just think about that
The sky was a single cloud
We were eleven, we were loud
She was a redhead, I looked 'round
I was at home in this ill town
We jumped down
Ran back inside to get thawed out
Under a bundle of bath towels
I haven't forgotten the days when she got dropped off at my house
Oh
Oh, oh, oh
Now our laughter holds our places til we graduate
And we’ll become what we become
She’ll go to law school out of state
I guess we all get old
Nothing can stop us
No strings pulled
Nothing can make this comfortable
We’re terminal
And don't grow back like an annual
Even carnations get less full
Even carnations lose petals
We’re so fragile
I’ll take my place inside that vase and wilt
Oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh
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Karly Custer

Karly Custer

About “Carnation” by Karly Custer

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"Carnation" is credited to Karly Custer. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Carnation" appears on "Tunnel" in 2019.

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