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Apacheta

On the desert peaks
I ventured
out of breath,
nothing left,
an aching head,
feeling dead,
but in love
with this place
And the sights
that it holds,
yeah on the mirador
I gazed!
soul ablaze,
brain in haze,
and made an apacheta
asking the gods
for this
not to be
the end of my days,
though if I died here
right now
oh that would be
such a splendid way
But I must make it through
for I long
once more
just only
to see your face
and if you were here
right now
oh I would never want
to leave this place

And oh god I could stay
here forever
in the mountainous depths
of your winter weather
Oh so knit me up
a llama wool sweater
for I think I'll stay here
a little while

And as we descended
into the Colca
I could feel my own
heart beating
with the bumps
in the road
And I knew
something was coming
for I could feel it
in the depths
of my soul
And if this canyon
closed in on me
right now
and decided to
swallow me whole,
well,
I wouldn't mind it
no, no
for the matter of
reaching happiness
was my final goal

And oh god I could stay
here forever
in the mountainous depths
of your winter weather
Oh so knit me up
a llama wool sweater
for I think I'll stay here
a little while

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from One Country at a Time: Tales of Longing From the Adventurous Depths of Peru, released August 15, 2009

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