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
Het “origineel”. Beter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f0ADuVJhYQ
Dank je wel Jan!!! Muziek is een Wonder…
Jan is https://janspreen.com/2020/03/23/vier-russen-aan-de-macht/
Ha Don! Ik heb vorig jaar absoluut niet voorzien dat het zo’n zooitje zou worden met dat Corona gedoe, mensen zijn knettergek dat ze er zo massaal instinken. Mijn liedje heeft ook weinig geholpen, snif…
Onderstaande heb ik ook maar gegoogeld. Maar wellicht zit er een kern van waarheid in.
This is a song about God, communicating to man.
“I sleep beneath the golden hill” – the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem, is a golden dome on the Temple Mount, which used to be the site of the Temple of Solomon… Where God was supposed to dwell.
“When I am on a pedestal, you did not raise me there” – God is not above us because we worship Him. We worship Him because He is above us.
“Your laws do not compel me to kneel grotesque and bare” – self explanitory.
“The crumbs of love that you offer me, they’re the crumbs I’ve left behind” – God has given us the ability to love. We think that when we do acts of love, we are something special, but it is He who created goodness in the first place.
“Your pain is no credential here” – When the time for judgement comes, the self-flaggelating nuts will be judged along with everyone else. Their pain is not a substitute for righteousness.
“I have begun to long for you, I who have no greed; I have begun to ask for you, I who have no need” – As powerful as God is, he still oves us and wants us to love him in return.
“You say you’ve gone away from me, but I can feel you when you breathe” – We can try to hide from God, but as the examples from the bible show (Adam, Jonah, etc.), it is impossible.
“Do not dress in those rags for me, I know you are not poor; don’t love me quite so fiercely now
when you know that you are not sure” – Hypocricy will get you no where. As said before, your pain is no credential, so stop imposing suffering upon yourself. Do not act devoutly if you do not truly believe in God. He can tell you‘re faking.
I am not a religious person, but this explaination sort of just jumped out at me. I think it makes sense.
Haha dank je wel.
Hey beste Don,
Had je al gezien dat de Bataafse Courant ook weg is gehaald van het http://www…….
Denk hetzelfde gedoe als jij laatst hebt gehad.
Dit zijn toch echt smerige streken!
Wat zijn dit toch walgelijke streken!
Gegroet beste,
Gladiator
Dit zijn idd smerige streken. Ze ontnemen je jaren aan werk en gedachten.