Am D

[Verse 1]
     G          Bm          Am              C
As frail hinges pivot on a case's door, commemorative
G               Bm         Am                  C
Souvenirs from places, containers changed with each occasion
   G            Bm               Am       C
A cellophane-encased display of paper certificates
G                   Bm         Am                    C
To credit years of service, a tool of central enterprises
     G            Bm                    Am               C
The early hope for permanence, the words, the rings, consistency
     G        Bm         Am             C
The social security, a miracle's high tragedy

[Chorus 1]
Am                    D        G                          Em
A thought mistaken for a memory, clear the dust from the smiles in boxes
Am                  D                 G             Em
Pass the patterned wall recall their voices

Am D

[Verse 2]
   G               Bm                  Am        C
A local post will list your friends in order of disappearance
G                  Bm               Am            C
Lawn scattered tins feed birds a portion baked for absent guests
         G           Bm             Am     C
And the mass-edition icon god sent comfort, your salvation
      G             Bm           Am            C
But who grants absolution for sins that never were committed?
G                 Bm               Am             C
Tension makes a tangle of each thought becomes an inconvenient
 G                  Bm              Am           C
Sound, as it never penetrates as servile edges break and fade the

[Chorus 2]
Am              D                  G              Em
Thought mistaken for a memory, a dress length, assassination
Am                  D                  G         Em
A fractured family tie another christening, a christening
    Am              D                     G Am Bm C        G Am Bm C
A fractured family tie and another christening,     christening,    christening

[Solo]
G Bm Am C x6

[Chorus 3]
Am              D                  G              Em
Thought mistaken for a memory, a dress length, assassination
    Am              D                  G         Em
A fractured family tie another christening, a christening
    Am              D                      G Am Bm C
A fractured family tie and another christening
        G Am Bm C        G Am Bm C        G Am Bm C
Christening,     christening,     christening