Name: Avalanche
Duration: P00H05M18S
Description: This is a rendition of the Leonard Cohen classic.

Avalanche

by Nothing Human

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This is a rendition of the Leonard Cohen classic.

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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 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 of the world.

When I am on this 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 of my wound.

I have begun to long for you,
I who have no need
I have begun to wait 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

This is your world beloved,
It is your flesh that I wear.
This is your world, beloved,
It is your flesh that I wear.

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released November 29, 2020
Mastered by Kim Abrams

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