Avalanche lyrics

Artist  : Nick cave 
Song : Avalanche
 
(Leonard Cohen) 
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 to serve me well 
You strike my side by accident 
As you go down to your goal 
This 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 
I who am on a pedestal 
You did not raise me there 
Your laws do not compel me now 
To kneel grotesque and bare 
For 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 
Are the crumbs I`ve left behind 
Your pain is no credential here 
It`s just a shadow of my wound 
I have begun to ask for you 
I who have no greed 
I have begun to long 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 
And do not love me quite so fiercely now 
When you know that you are not sure 
It is your turn, my beloved one 
It is your flesh that I wear