I tried several times to get the song right. The tune and the chords that I started with, there really wasn't anywhere else it could go. I stopped fighting it and let it take me away.
I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.
A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.