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Capitol · Universal Music Group

Imagine

Capitol, under Universal. The melody is kind. The ask is to have no country, no heaven, and nothing to die for.

Apple and Capitol released it. Universal holds Capitol. The record is sung like a lullaby, which is why it walks into rooms that would argue if the words were spoken. The words ask a people to lay down heaven, country, and possession, and to call what remains brotherhood.

A house can love the quiet and refuse the terms. Peace between people who still have a creed and a place is harder, and it is the real thing.

The eight

  1. Industry

    7/10

    A piano figure a child can learn. That is a made thing.

  2. Household

    3/10

    No particular house. A world with the household's reasons removed.

  3. Piety

    2/10

    Above us, only sky. He means that as a comfort. Weigh it.

  4. Courage

    5/10

    He says the unpopular hope in a quiet voice.

  5. Republic

    3/10

    No country, no duty that could cost a life. That is not peace. That is an empty square.

  6. Temperance

    6/10

    Gentle, and it does not rant.

  7. Truth

    5/10

    The dream is sincere. Sincerity is not the same as truth.

  8. Stewardship

    4/10

    A song people inherit. The inheritance needs an argument.

Live historicallyIf it plays, ask what he wants given up, one noun at a time, and which of those nouns this house will keep.

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