Tension Makes a Tangle - 10,000 Maniacs

Tension Makes a Tangle Lyrics

As frail hinges pivot on a case's door
Commemorative souvenirs from places
Containers change with each occasion
A cellophane encased display of paper certificateTo credit years of service
A tool of central enterprises
The only hope for permanence
The words, the rings, consistencyThe social security, a miracle's high tragedy
Thought mistaken for a memory
Clear the dust from smiles in boxes
Pass a patterned wall, recall their voicesA local post will list your friends
In order of disappearance
The lawn scattered, tins feed birds
A portion baked for absent guestsAnd the mass edition icon
God sent comfort, your salvation
But who grants absolution
For sins that never were committedTension makes a tangle of each thought
Becomes an inconvenience
Sound as it never penetrates

As servile edges break and feintThought mistaken for a memory
A dress length assassination
A fractured family tie, another christening
ChristeningA fractured family tie and another christening
Christening, christeningThought mistaken for a memory
A dress length assassination
A fractured family tie, another christening
A christeningA fractured family tie and another christening
Christening, christening, christening