And it turns

Intro

Wayra... wayra...

Close your eyes... the Apu calls again

Verse 1

I've seen this sunrise once before

Inti painting gold on the same old stone

A thousand steps, the winding road

A thousand lives, I climb alone

I think I'm rising, I just circle

The same cold face of the same high wall

Every new dawn, the same old spiral

Every path was carved before my fall

Pre-Chorus

Same sky, same snow

Same heart, same road

I fall where I already fell

I climb to break the spell

Chorus

And it turns, and it turns (turns, turns)

The mountain doesn't ask for my name

And it turns, and it turns (turns, turns)

I keep coming back to the same

One more round, one more round

(Pachamama... Pachamama...)

One more round, till I'm found

Verse 2

They think I'm strong, they see me climbing

I smile the way the glacier shines

But under the ice something is crying

Old rivers running through my spine

The same farewells at the same crossing

The same cold wind, the same grey rain

El kuntur knew the weight I'm carrying

Before I ever felt the chain

Pre-Chorus

Same sky, same snow

Same heart, same road

I fall where I already fell

I climb to break the spell

Chorus

And it turns, and it turns (turns, turns)

The mountain doesn't ask for my name

And it turns, and it turns (turns, turns)

I keep coming back to the same

One more round, one more round

(Pachamama... Pachamama...)

One more round, till I'm found

Break

Wayra... wayra... llévame

(Wind sounds)

Bridge

What if I stop chasing the summit

What if the summit was the letting go

It's not falling, it's flying

It's not dying, it's coming home

I'm not climbing, I can breathe

The thin air is setting me free

Let the spiral wind its way

Vuela, kuntur, vuela

The sky was home, I couldn't stay

Drop

(Turns, turns, turns, turns)

Arriba, arriba

Final Chorus

And it turns, and it turns (turns, turns)

But the mountain has lost my name

And it turns, and it turns (turns, turns)

I'm above the clouds, I broke the chain

Last round, last round

(Pachamama... Pachamama...)

Last round, homeward bound

Outro

The path still winds below

I watch it from the snow

Two wings across the sun

Inti, kuntur, wayra... one