Tension Makes A Tangle Lyrics

The song Tension Makes A Tangle is performed by 10,000 Maniacs in the album named The Wishing Chair in the year 1990 .

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
pa*s 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 ma*s 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
a*sa*sination
a fractured family tie
another christening

christening
christening
christening

10,000 Maniacs - The Wishing Chair

Oct 1990

Tension Makes A Tangle