Tension Makes A Tangle — 10000 Maniacs

Music: John Lombardo/Lyric: Natalie Merchant

As frail hinges Pivot on a case's door Commemorative Souvenirs from places Containers change With each occasion

A cellophane encased Display of paper Certificate To credit years of service A tool of central enterprises The early hope For permanence The words The rings Consistency The social security A miracle is high tragedy

Thought mistaken For a memory Clear the dust from Smiles in boxes Pass a patterned wall Recall their voices

A local post Will list your friends In order of Disappearance The lawn scattered

Tins feed birds A portion baked for Absent guests And the mass edition icon God sent comfort Your salvation But who grants absolution For sins that Never were committed

Tension makes a tangle Of each thought Becomes an inconvenience Sound as it never penetrates As servile edges Break and Feint

Thought mistaken For a memory A dress length Assassination A fractured family tie Another christening

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