Avalanche - Live Oct 12, 2008; Gothenburg Scandinavium, Gothengurg, Sweden
I stepped into an avalanche
It covered up my soul
When I am not this hunchback you see
I sleep beneath the golden hill
You wish to conquer pain
You must learn, what makes 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 this pedestal
For this ugly hump at which you stare, and stare
You,who wish to conquer pain
You must learn what makes me kind
The crumbs of love 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 weep for you
I, who have no greed
You say you've gone away from me
But I can feel you, feel you when you breathe
Do not dress in those rags for me
I know you are not poor
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
It covered up my soul
When I am not this hunchback you see
I sleep beneath the golden hill
You wish to conquer pain
You must learn, what makes 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 this pedestal
For this ugly hump at which you stare, and stare
You,who wish to conquer pain
You must learn what makes me kind
The crumbs of love 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 weep for you
I, who have no greed
You say you've gone away from me
But I can feel you, feel you when you breathe
Do not dress in those rags for me
I know you are not poor
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
Credits
Writer(s): Alexander Ridha, Erol Alkan
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Other Album Tracks
- Lover, Lover, Lover - Live Sept 24, 2009; Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Bird on the Wire - Live Nov 6, 2008; Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland
- Chelsea Hotel - Live Nov 17, 2008; Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- Heart with No Companion - Live Nov 2, 2008; Oberhausen King Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
- That Don't Make It Junk - Live Nov 13, 2008; O2 Arena, London, England
- Waiting for the Miracle - Live Nov 13, 2009; HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
- Avalanche - Live Oct 12, 2008; Gothenburg Scandinavium, Gothengurg, Sweden
- Suzanne - Live Nov 30, 2008; MENA Arena, Manchester, England
- The Partisan - Live Oct 10, 2008; Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
- Famous Blue Raincoat - Live Nov 13, 2008; O2 Arena, London, England
Altri album
- Under The Marble (Live New York '85)
- You Want it Darker (Satori Remix (Radio Edit)) - Single
- Teacher Of The Heart (Live)
- Songs of Fire and Ice (Live 1988)
- Freedom Soon Will Come (Live 1988)
- Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (2022)
- A Poet In Germany (Live 1979)
- Hallelujah & Songs from His Albums
- From The Silence (Live 1993)
- A Poet In Amsterdam (Live)
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