God Only Knows

Capitol, under Universal. A love song that imagines the loss in order to tell the truth.

Capitol released it. Universal holds Capitol. Wilson built a cathedral out of the fear of losing one person. A love that would end you if it left is both a great love and a warning about having no other ground.

Sing it. Then notice whether this house has any ground besides the one relationship.

The eight

Industry
9/10
The arrangement is a small marvel. Every voice has a job.
Household
8/10
One person, as the condition of his life.
Piety
6/10
God only knows. He means the not-knowing as reverence.
Courage
6/10
He says the frightening sentence.
Republic
4/10
Two people. The need is a fact a house can recognize.
Temperance
7/10
Tender, and it does not grab.
Truth
7/10
The dependence is admitted. It is a risk if it is the whole self.
Stewardship
8/10
A standard of how seriously a love can be said.

Live historicallyPlay it for the person. Then name one duty you still have if they are not in the room.

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Columbia · Sony Music Entertainment

Always on My Mind

Columbia, under Sony. Regret, specific. He was busy. She needed the words.

Columbia released Nelson's version. Sony owns Columbia. The record is not about a scandal. It is about the days he was preoccupied, and the sentence he saved for later, and the later that came too late.

This is one of the useful sad songs. It tells you what to do while the person is still in the house.

The eight

Industry
8/10
Nelson sings it like a man who cannot fix the year.
Household
8/10
A marriage, neglected in small ordinary ways.
Piety
5/10
Little things. He knows they were the devotion.
Courage
6/10
He admits the failure without a speech about his intentions.
Republic
4/10
A private debt.
Temperance
7/10
No excuse he is willing to rest in.
Truth
9/10
He did not tell her. That is the fact.
Stewardship
8/10
A song to play before the little things are all that is left to say.

Live historicallyBefore the day ends, say the small thing you have been saving. Do not wait for a version of this song.