Block and Tackle (Pen in Hand)
Cyrus is a singer-songwriter from India who has been writing lyrics and music for over four decades.
Story behind the song
This one's about Writer's Block.
(This is a new recording made on 24th April 2009...)
Lyrics
BLOCK AND TACKLE (PEN IN HAND)
And though the world is coming ‘round,
This old heart says I’ve sinned…
Sit here breaking no new ground,
I’m only breaking wind,
But, in the grand tradition,
I burn the midnight lamp,
And sit here, poised with pen in hand:
An imperious knight,
With a serious Writer’s Cramp…
With miles to go before I reach
The City of my dreams,
Where poets walk the streets and each
Writes poetry by the reams;
Yet, in the corner where I stand
The ticking of the clock
Reminds me, poised, with pen in hand,
Of a serious, mysterious Writer’s Block…
Words that do not flow, but mock
And add to all my fears…
How then shall I tame this block
And tackle all this passing of the years?
Forsaken by the living and
Mistaken for a rock,
I sit here, poised with pen in hand,
And a serious, mysterious Writer’s Block...
