Avalanche

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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 center, the center of the world

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

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

[Verse 5]

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

[Verse 6]

Do not dress in those rags for me, I know you are not poor

And 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