Tension Makes A Tangle Lyrics - 10,000 Maniacs

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 only hope for permanence 

The words, the rings, consistency 

The 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 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 

Christening 

A fractured family tie and another christening 

Christening, christening 

Thought mistaken for a memory 

A dress length assassination 

A fractured family tie, another christening 

A christening 

A fractured family tie and another christening 

Christening, christening, christening