A shot then sparks, a room goes dark
From faulty fuses in a heart of hearts
The record skips in starts and fits
Fuss and filler to the greatest hits
A long lovely list of repairs
The bars to bend and tears to mend
The hinges groan and so the door
Has been propped open and been left alone
Now strangers sit in chairs and sift
Through old belongings that I know I'll miss
'Til now they were so well behaved
With bars to bend and tears to mend
It's looking like needlework again
A stitch then two, your fingers move
To tie down buttons I was bound to lose
A simple way to slow the fray
And keep this revel for another day
It's never the way that it seems
The bars you bend and tears you mend
It's looking like needlework again
Yes, it's looking like needlework again
