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You who transcend the shallow depths
Of commercial rants and ravings
You who labour, out of love
To satisfy your honourable cravings

Though some of you have fallen
At the alter that you serve
And further true, that so few of you
have found what you deserve

For to be what you are and not what you aren't
To produce what it is and not what it wasn't
Is your only sin, your only failing
The muse of 'The Label', a banshees wailing
In your depths of despair, the weak and the strong
In your gardens of Eden your towers of song

Stay true my friends, transfixed in thought
Creative in your vision
Let not the chains of commerce
Bend your knees, in indecision

To work for pay, is not your way
Be paid for work you're doing
Enrich the World, with poem and song
Though that be your undoing

For to be what you are and not what you aren't
To produce what it is and not what it wasn't
Is your only sin, your only failing
The muse of 'The Label', a banshees wailing
In your depths of despair, the weak and the strong
In your gardens of Eden your towers of song

A tribute to a great writer, hard to believe that an album like VARIOUS POSITIONS was said by Columbia records
to be unmarketable and not released in Northern America on completion and HALLELUJAH not seen for the song that it was...
Lawyers in suits with commercial interests solely and no creativity... God bless Leonard Kris Janis Joplin to name but a few that stand out
from the crowd...

a bit mysterious in spots, found myself wondering if the you was Leonard or if the you was people in general.

Leonard is certainly an inspiring artist and a wonderful muse.

Thanks for the time it took to read Cate....the piece was inspired after reading Leonard Cohen a remarkable life ....
The piece can be a bit vague unless you've read the same ... The you refers to musicians, poets artists in general who trade their wares and earn a meagre living if any having to bow down to the commercial pressures of the record companies art companies etc...thanks again for the read!!