Leonard Cohen - Avalanche

Well I stepped
into an avalanche
it covered up my soul
when I am not this hunchback
that you see
I sleep beneath the golden hill
You who wish to conquer pain
you must learn
learn to serve me well
You strike my side by accident
as you go down for your gold
The cripple here
that you clothe and feed
is neither starved nor cold
he does not ask
for your company
not at the centre
the centre of the world
When I am on a pedestal
you did not raise me there
Your laws do not compel me
to kneel grotesque and bare
I myself am the pedestal
for this ugly hump
at which you stare
You who wish to conquer pain
you must learn
what makes me kind
the crumbs of love
that you offer me
they're the crumbs
I've left behind
Your pain is no credential here
it's just the shadow
shadow of my wound
I have begun to long for you
I who have no greed
I have begun to ask for you
I who have no need
You say you've gone away
from me
but I can feel you
when you breathe
Do not dress
in those rags for me
I know you are not poor
you don't love me quite
so fiercely now
when you know
that you are not sure
it is your turn beloved
it is your flesh that I wear
Well I stepped
into an avalanche
it covered up my soul
when I am not this hunchback
that you see
I sleep beneath the golden hill
You who wish to conquer pain
you must learn
learn to serve me well
You strike my side by accident
as you go down for your gold
The cripple here
that you clothe and feed
is neither starved nor cold
he does not ask
for your company
not at the centre
the centre of the world
When I am on a pedestal
you did not raise me there
Your laws do not compel me
to kneel grotesque and bare
I myself am the pedestal
for this ugly hump
at which you stare
You who wish to conquer pain
you must learn
what makes me kind
the crumbs of love
that you offer me
they're the crumbs
I've left behind
Your pain is no credential here
it's just the shadow
shadow of my wound
I have begun to long for you
I who have no greed
I have begun to ask for you
I who have no need
You say you've gone away
from me
but I can feel you
when you breathe
Do not dress
in those rags for me
I know you are not poor
you don't love me quite
so fiercely now
when you know
that you are not sure
it is your turn beloved
it is your flesh that I wear
Avalanche - Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen - Avalanche (Lyrics)

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Leonard Cohen - Avalanche

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Leonard Cohen, Avalanche, Zurich, 24-08-2013

Leonard Cohen performs Avalanche at the Hallenstadion in Zurich on August 24th 2013.

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