Leonard Cohen - Avalanche (Official Audio)
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Published 2018-12-19
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Lyrics:
Well 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 centre, the centre 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
You 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
All Comments (21)
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One of the best albums of all time. Rest in peace Leonard, you make me feel not alone when life is dark. Love from Germany
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I don't know what ofmd is, but I am an older man and love seeing younger people introduced to Leonard's music 🎵. Dive deeper into his catalog!
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Man do I love it when a show exposes me to this profund of a piece that I propably would have never found
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I'm here from OFMD, this was such a well choosen song for that scene! so much that I had to search for it and been listening to it again and again
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Leonard Cohen traveled the depths of emotional obliteration and existentialism, like a rare few of us.
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I've loved Leonard Cohen's music for years, but just coming off binge-watching Our Flag Means Death in a single night, I am in pain because of this song.
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This was the first Leonard Cohen song I ever heard, and I was hooked on him forever after.
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Whoever was responsible for scoring ofmd deserves a raise for this decision alone
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I've listened to this song for 45 years and still find solace that another soul voiced this darkness.
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The absolute heartbreak and fear I felt when "the kraken" came back. My heart suffers for Ed.
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This guy saved my life more than once. Now he has time do it again even though he is gone.
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What a poem. Wish Leonard had got the Nobel prize like Bob did.
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I've grown up with a psychotic brother I'm not going into detail to what he did to me and my parents but I listened to this song and first i felt completely absurd and intense rage for a time, then i broke out in tears and just now it dawns to me why. this song was a huge trigger but it's so beautifully made clear how it felt for me/feels now and i just noticed it, before it was just a song to me and i didnt understand it was linked whatsoever to that time of my life... its a brilliant and gruesomely beautiful song.
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I've been a fan of Cohen since I was a teenager many many moons ago, and Avalanche means to me more than any other song, and this is the first time I'm not bummed a song I love was in a TV Series. Usually I feel like songs are turned "cheaper" when used in sappy modern TV, but OFMD just did it right. The song was used in the right time and the parts they ommited kinda set the tone almost as much as the part they used. And I'm glad more people will get to know this masterpiece.
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I've always known of Cohen's talent but never delved deep into his music. After hearing this song on the season finale of Our Flag Means Death, I just might.
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This is easily one of the best songs ever written and performed. One of my absolute favorites of all time. I am always getting goose-bumps, when I hear this song. There is so much power in his voice and the words are so wonderfully weired.
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I brought the album home, put it on the turntable, Avalanche was the first track, the sinister intro, the arpeggio chords, the doomy words, gosh it felt like someone had dropped ice cubes down my back, ive been a big Leonard ever since that day many years ago, brilliant intense album
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“The crumbs of love that you offer me, they’re the crumbs I’ve left behind”. Beautiful. Inspired me to reevaluate a lot of my relationships. Thank you Leonard 🥰
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this is by far the greatest opening line of an album
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A masterpiece,Leonard must have been in a very deep dark place when he wrote this.
