Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Avalanche Lyrics
(leonard cohen)I stepped into an avalancheIt covered up my soulWhen I am not this hunchback that you seeI sleep beneath the golden hillYou who wish to conquer painYou must learn to serve me wellYou strike my side by accidentAs you go down to your goalThis cripple here that you clothe and feedIs neither starved nor coldHe does not ask for your companyNot at the centre, the centre of the worldI who am on a pedestalYou did not raise me thereYour laws do not compel me nowTo kneel grotesque and bareFor I myself am the pedestalFor this ugly hump at which you stareYou who wish to conquer painYou must learn what makes me kindThe crumbs of love that you offer meAre the crumbs Ive left behindYour pain is no credential hereIts just a shadow of my woundI have begun to ask for youI who have no greedI have begun to long for youI who have no needYou say youve gone away from meBut I can feel you when you breatheDo not dress in those rags for meI know you are not poorAnd do not love me quite so fiercely nowWhen you know that you are not sureIt is your turn, my beloved oneIt is your flesh that I wear
