2 acessos
G#m E Well I stepped into an avalanche G#m F# G#m It covered up my soul; E When I am not this hunchback that you see G#m F# G#m I sleep beneath the golden hill B F# You who wish to conquer pain G#m E D# You must learn, learn to serve me well [Verse 2] G#m E You strike my side by accident G#m F# G#m As you go down for your gold E The cripple here that you clothe and feed G#m F# G#m Is neither starved nor cold; B F# He does not ask for your company G#m E D# Not at the centre, the centre of the world [Verse 3] G#m E When I am on a pedestal G#m F# G#m You did not raise me there E Your laws do not compel me G#m F# G#m To kneel grotesque and bare B F# I myself am the pedestal G#m E D# For this ugly hump at which you stare [Verse 4] G#m E You who wish to conquer pain G#m F# G#m You must learn what makes me kind; G#m E The crumbs of love that you offer me G#m F# G#m They're the crumbs I've left behind B F# Your pain is no credential here G#m E D# It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound [Verse 5] G#m E I have begun to long for you G#m F# G#m I who have no greed E I have begun to ask for you G#m F# G#m I who have no need B F# You say you've gone away from me G#m E D# But I can feel you when you breathe [Verse 6] G#m E Do not dress in those rags for me G#m F# G#m I know you are not poor G#m E You don't love me quite so fiercely now G#m F# G#m When you know that you are not sure B It is your turn, beloved G#m E D# It is your flesh that I wear