Avalanche

[00:34.77] Well I stepped into an avalanche

[00:40.04] It covered up my soul;

[00:45.30] When I am not this hunchback that you see

[00:50.81] I sleep beneath the golden hill

[00:56.08] You who wish to conquer pain

[01:00.59] You must learn, learn to serve me well

[01:17.40] You strike my side by accident

[01:22.66] As you go down for your gold

[01:28.17] The cripple here that you clothe and feed

[01:33.44] Is neither starved nor cold;

[01:38.70] He does not ask for your company

[01:42.71] Not at the centre, the centre of the world

[02:02.28] When I am on a pedestal

[02:07.54] You did not raise me there

[02:12.81] Your laws do not compel me

[02:18.33] To kneel grotesque and bare

[02:24.10] I myself am the pedestal

[02:27.61] For this ugly hump at which you stare

[02:47.68] You who wish to conquer pain

[02:51.69] You must learn what makes me kind;

[02:57.71] The crumbs of love that you offer me

[03:02.22] They're the crumbs I've left behind

[03:08.48] Your pain is no credential here

[03:12.75] It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound

[03:27.04] I have begun to long for you

[03:32.55] I who have no greed

[03:37.82] I have begun to ask for you

[03:43.34] I who have no need

[03:48.35] You say you've gone away from me

[03:52.61] But I can feel you when you breathe

[04:09.92] Do not dress in those rags for me

[04:14.94] I know you are not poor

[04:20.45] You don't love me quite so fiercely now

[04:24.97] When you know that you are not sure

[04:30.74] It is your turn, beloved

[04:35.25] It is your flesh that I wear