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Avalanche
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Avalanche was released on March 1, 2012 by Editions as a part of the album Avalanche - Single
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Dan Michaelson
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Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
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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, 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 center, the center of the world
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
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
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
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
Written by: Leonard Cohen

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