Lyrics: Groove Dub Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ music: john lombardo/lyric: natalie merchant ] Imitate that soured old song There is no individuality Only guises Shades of Nonconformity There is no individuality Selling vantage points Low rate…

Lyrics: Orange Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ music: john lombardo/lyric: natalie merchant ] Lineage closed Dissolved In its birth Tragedy Prelude a balance Is a synergy Of reason Malicious hope As techno atrocities Lapse their effects Associate…

Lyrics: Grey Victory Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ lyrics: natalie merchant/music: j.c.lombardo & robert buck ] There was light and atomic fission Swelling wind Rising ash Tide of black rain Cement seared shawdow traces Reminiscent of their…

Lyrics: Planned Obsolescence Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ music: dennis drew/lyric: natalie merchant ] Science Is truth for life Watch religion fall obsolete Science Will be truth for life Technology as nature Science Truth for life In…

Lyrics: Death Of Manolete Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ lyrics: natalie merchant/music: j.c. lombardo ] There were women holding rosaries On the day manolete died Teenage girls in soft white dresses Standing silent peace respecting Groups of…

Lyrics: Katrina’s Fair Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ lyrics: natalie merchant/music: robert buck ] Greta’s cedar hope chest Is full of pamphlets Glass shelves of romantic vignettes A journal laced with sedimentary prose Norma gathers and collects…

Lyrics: My Mother The War Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ lyrics: natalie merchant & michael walsh/music: j.c.lombardo ] She borders the pavement Flanks avenues Parades pass white glove attended by My mother the war She’ll raise a…

Lyrics: Anthem For Doomed Youth Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ music: john lombardo/lyric: john lombardo adapts wilfred owen ] For whom the bells toll When sentenced to die The stuttering rifles Will stifle the cry The monstrous…

Lyrics: National Education Week Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ lyrics: natalie merchant/music: dennis drew ] Honor salute and speak To the corner standing flag Do you remember how the days of school were Indivisible separate worlds Compare…

Lyrics: Tension Album: Hope Chest Artist: 10000 Maniacs   [ music: john lombardo/lyric: natalie merchant ] Frail hinges pivot On a cases door Commemorative Souvenirs from places Containers change With each occasion Cellophane encased Displaying paper Certificate Credit years of…