The Kinks - Hatred (A Duet) video free download

Ray and Dave Davies performing "Hatred" in 1993.

(RAY) You keep on accusing me

Of making your life misery

But if that's not abusing me, what is it?

(DAVE) You wanna be my friend, well it's too late

My love for you has turned to hate

And I think that it's a permanent condition

(RAY) You say you wanna make the peace

Smile and turn the other cheek

I can't put myself in such a weak position

Now I'm willing to accept this fate

You and me just can't cohabitate

(DAVE) We agree to hate and that's our last decision

(DAVE and RAY) Hatred, hatred

Is the only thing that keeps us together

Hatred, hatred

Is the only thing that lasts forever

(RAY) Driven by hate, driven by hate

Driven by hate, driven by hate

(DAVE and RAY) On the surface I'm a mild-mannered person

That's until you scratch the animal inside

Then you bring out all my animal aggression

I've got a hatred for you that is never gonna die

(RAY)Driven to hate, driven to hate

Driven to hate, driven to hate

(RAY) While races try to integrate

Nations try to gravitate

Towards equal rights, regardless of religion

Politicians might decree

For the sake of all humanity

Love and peace instead of a collision

You and me accept reality

There's no way that we can agree

The world can't make us alter this position

At least you and I know where we stand

We can't be friends, walk hand in hand

My hostility for you defies description

(DAVE and RAY) Hate's the only thing we have in common

There's no escape, we'll always be this way

So we might as well just learn to live together

'Cos we're gonna be this way till our dying day

(DAVE) If you keep on putting me down

Rub my name into the ground

I'll drag the dirt all over town about you

(RAY) And if you spread the filth on me

I'll only have one remedy

I'll spill the beans, you'll see I've got a mouth, too

(RAY) Your attitude is downright rude

Your jokes upon me, they're so crude

(DAVE) Why don't you just drop dead and don't recover?

(RAY) I'm the mirror to your mood. You hate me

(DAVE) and I hate you

(RAY) So at least we understand each other