I sit each morning 我每天早上坐

Look at my empty notebook 看看我空空如也的笔记本电脑

The room is quiet 房间里很安静

The air conditioning sounds like rain falling 空调听起来像雨点

   

Manic-depressive composer Robert Schumann 躁狂抑郁作曲家罗伯特·舒曼

When he could not write 当他不能写

He'd get down on his knees and he would pray for help 他会踏踏实实在他的膝盖，他会祈祷求助

   

It's not as bad as eating your own liver 这不是那么糟糕，因为吃自己的肝脏

But still, I'd like to think that there are better methods 但尽管如此，我想，有更好的方法

   

I try to tackle the page that lay before me 我尝试处理这个我之前打下的页面

But then I drift off and think about the concept of ben-wah balls 但后来我渐渐离开，想想奔华球的概念

I rouse myself and I finish washing dishes í振奋自己，我洗完菜

Make lists of errands 请跑腿名单

Make all my phone calls 让我的所有电话

And then I pray for help 然后我祈祷求助

   

But each time I try to make a fresh stab 但每次我尝试做一个新鲜的刺

I end up just picking at an old scab 我最终只是挑选一个老结痂