Margaret vs. Pauline Lyrics

Lyric discussion by TearsforAffairs 

Cover art for Margaret vs. Pauline lyrics by Neko Case

Here's my interpretation:

"they smooth her hair with cinnamon waves and they placed an ingot in her breast to burn, cool and collected"

The morticians beautified Pauline for her funeral

"but she’ll never be as clean as the cool side of satin, pauline"

Margaret's jealous of Pauline, who's dead in a coffin (cool side of satin) and in eternal peace

"Everything's so easy for Pauline"

once again, everything's easier when you're dead