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Country songs are really happy if you play them backward, some people say. You get your wife back, your dog gets better, your truck starts running again... Although many dismiss country songs as corny, one in particular is appropriate for today's reading. The singer's wife has walked out on him, but he still loves her. Instead of crying about it, his song is a song of hope. He's leaving the light on for his wife -- in fact, leaving lots of lights on: "Every light in the house is on/ the backyard's burning like the crack of dawn/ the front porch looks like runway lights/ it's kinda like noon in the dead of night" he sings in the chorus. The second verse contains a caveat: "If I should ever start forgetting/ I'll turn the lights off one by one..." This singer's ritual of turning on the lights proclaims his love for his wife until she returns, like we proclaim Christ's coming in the bread and wine.
