It's not over until the whole thing sings

I have been trying to convince myself that this one sings like the others: 

But it doesn't. I fussed with the pears, a lot, and they still aren't right, maybe the arrangement was awkward, or the background wasn't right. When I really landed on the conclusion that it just wasn't on, the next question was, "Is anything salvageable?"  I thought maybe so and studied if for its saving graces. Settled on the 'template' can't-get-around-it, and went to work.  

This feels like the right move for this one. I think it just left the 'Us vs Them' group and will be about something else. When it knows what it wants to be.