One Less Question
Madi Diaz / Lennon Stella · One Less Question
Are we flesh and bone? Are we just a dream?
Are we lost or found? Or somewhere in between?
Do we ever get where we wanna be?
Did we invent heaven to keep us in line?
Like the sun and the moon are the ones telling time
Nothing could stop me from wondering why
But you're one less question, mm
Does the sky get tired of holding our prayers?
Do they even make it up there?
Even if I could see behind the curtain
Maybe the knowledge would just be a burden
It still wouldn't stop me from feeling uncertain
But you're one right answer
That never keeps me guessing
Some understanding
You're one less question
You're one less question
Mm
Mm, mm
You're one—
You're one—
One—
You're one—
You're one right answer
You're one less question
One Less Question
"One Less Question" is a duet about the comfort of certainty. The track, by Madi Diaz and Lennon Stella, was described by Stereogum as "a soft, tender love song about being able to depend on one person even when the rest of your life is all uncertainty, existential and otherwise."
Diaz and Stella co-wrote the song with Kate York, and Diaz co-produced it with Konrad Snyder. In a press release, Diaz said the song is about "how real love doesn't make you wonder." It is a song about the kind of love that answers the big questions.
The lyrics are full of the kind of existential honesty that makes the best indie songs work. The narrator asks whether we are flesh and bone or just a dream, and whether we ever get where we want to be. It is a song about the search for meaning, and it is delivered with a vocal performance that is both tender and powerful.
What stays with me is how the song turns a question into a comfort. It is not a song about having all the answers; it is a song about having one person who makes the questions easier. That is what makes it so moving.
The song is a duet with Lennon Stella, the Canadian singer-songwriter who used to play Connie Britton's daughter on the TV show Nashville. Diaz and Stella co-wrote the song with Kate York, and Diaz co-produced it with Konrad Snyder. It is a song about the comfort of certainty.
The song's lyrics are full of the kind of existential honesty that makes the best indie songs work. It is a song about the search for meaning, and it is delivered with a vocal performance that is both tender and powerful. It is a song that stays with you long after it ends.