Editor’s Note: I finally went to see the Avett Brothers Saturday night. Thanks again to Craig Niess for turning me on to them years ago. Though just a guitar, a banjo, a stand-up bass, a cello and drums, these guys put on the highest energy stage show I’ve ever seen. And in the midst, they turned down the lights and Seth Avett sang this exceptional ballad whose brilliant lyrics tell a physical story to the struggle of love and hate. It reminds me of the old Buddhist saying when the student asks “A lion and a lamb struggle within me each day, Teacher, which one will win?” To which the teacher says, “Whichever one you feed.”