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[00:12.48]Well, I stepped into an avalanche
[00:16.51]It covered up my soul
[00:20.46]When I am not this hunchback that you see
[00:24.35]I sleep beneath the golden hill
[00:28.46]You, who wish to conquer pain
[00:31.62]You must learn, learn to serve me well
[00:46.45]You strike my side by accident
[00:50.33]As you go down for your gold
[00:54.42]The cripple here that you clothe and feed
[00:58.24]Is neither starved nor cold
[01:02.30]He does not ask for your company
[01:05.50]Not at the center, the center of the world
[01:20.51]When I am on a pedestal
[01:24.32]You did not raise me there
[01:28.33]Your laws do not compel me
[01:32.29]To kneel grotesque and bare
[01:36.58]I, myself, am the pedestal
[01:39.57]For this ugly hump at which you stare
[01:54.45]You who wish to conquer pain
[01:57.60]You must learn what makes me kind
[02:02.23]The crumbs of love that you offer me
[02:05.44]They're the crumbs I've left behind
[02:10.06]Your pain is no credential here
[02:13.39]It's just the shadow; shadow of my wound
[02:28.68]I have begun to long for you
[02:32.00]I, who have no greed
[02:36.50]I have begun to ask for you
[02:39.66]I, who have no need
[02:44.34]You say you've gone away from me
[02:47.69]But I can feel you when you breathe
[03:02.69]Do not dress in those rags for me
[03:05.53]I know you are not poor
[03:10.30]You don't love me quite so fiercely now
[03:13.46]When you know that you are not sure
[03:18.39]It is your turn, beloved
[03:21.77]It is your flesh that I wear
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