Tension Lyric by 10,000 Maniacs

Tension Lyric

by 10,000 Maniacs

Lyric:



Frail Hinges Pivot

On A Case's Door

Commemorative

Souvenirs From Places



Containers Change With Occasion

Cellophane Encased

Displaying Paper

Certificate



Credit Years Of Service

A Tool Of Central Enterprises

The Early Hope

For Permanence



The Words The Rings

Consistency

And

Social Security



The Miracles High Tragedy

A Thought Mistaken For A Memory

Dress Lengths Assassinations

Fractured Family Ties And Christenings



Local Posts Will List Your Friends

In Order Of Disappearance

Lawn Scattered Tins Feed Birds

The Portion Baked



For Absent Guests

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



Inconvenience

Sound Never Penetrates

The Servile Edges Break And Faint

A Thought Mistaken For A Memory



Clear The Dust

From Smiles In Boxes

Pass The Patterned Wall

Recall Their Voices