[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:39.98]I stepped into an avalanche [00:45.52]It covered up my soul [00:50.38]When I am not this hunchback that you see [00:55.38]I sleep beneath the golden hill [01:01.15]You who wish to conquer pain [01:05.71]You must learn to serve me well [01:23.79]You strike my side by accident [01:29.12]As you go down to your goal [01:34.43]This cripple here that you clothe and feed [01:38.99]Is neither starved nor cold [01:45.25]He does not ask for your company [01:49.31]Not at the centre, the centre of the world [02:03.72]I who am on a pedestal [02:08.24]You did not raise me there [02:13.49]Your laws do not compel me now [02:18.06]To kneel grotesque and bare [02:24.61]For I myself am the pedestal [02:28.80]For this ugly hump at which you stare [02:45.39]You who wish to conquer pain [02:49.78]You must learn what makes me kind [02:56.07]The crumbs of love that you offer me [03:00.92]Are the crumbs I've left behind [03:07.23]Your pain is no credential here [03:11.23]It's just a shadow of my wound [03:28.39]I have begun to ask for you [03:33.44]I who have no greed [03:38.33]I have begun to long for you [03:43.22]I who have no need [03:49.58]You say you've gone away from me [03:53.18]But I can feel you when you breathe [04:12.72]Do not dress in those rags for me [04:18.05]I know you are not poor [04:23.63]And do not love me quite so fiercely now [04:28.10]When you know that you are not sure [04:34.61]It is your turn, my beloved one [04:38.88]It is your flesh that I wear