I've always loved this bit from Sarah McLachlan's "Black & White"

unravel me
untie this chord
the very centre of our union
is caving in
I can't endure
I am the archive of our failure

I'm fascinated by the idea a function of our humanity may be as an archive, for ourselves, our lovers, our children, our community, and how best to make that archival function available and efficacious. Conversely, how that function can poison the well of self and society.