10,000 Maniacs - Tension lyrics

Frail hinges pivot on A cases door, commemorative Souvenirs from places Containers change, each occasion Cellophane encased Displaying paper certificate The 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, a**a**inations Fractured family ties And christenings Local posts they list your friends In order, disappearance Lawn scattered tins, feed birds The portion baked for absent guests And the ma** 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 doesn't ever penetrate As servile edges break and faint A thought mistaken for a memory Clear the dust from smiles in boxes Cross a patterned wall Recall the voices A thought mistaken for a memory Dress lengths, a**a**inations Fractured family ties And christenings and christenings All fractured family ties And christenings And christenings