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The Ghosts of Machu Picchu
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Machu Picchu has been both a mystery and scene of several different attempts at (different kinds of) destruction in history
upbeat positive variety literate
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Hopefully intelligent, upbeat, pop rock - plus multiple other genres and rabbit holes I enter
The band is ME - plus any collaborators I can convince to come along for the ride. I love the process of song writing and production - I hope some others get some enjoyments - or chuckles out of these tunes.
Song Info
Genre
World • World Fusion
Charts
#332 in subgenre Peak #2
Charts
Peak #16
Author
Ron Tintner & Alan Gentle
Rights
2014
Uploaded
October 13, 2014
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.8 MB • 160 kbps • 3:17
Story behind the song
Inspired by the Nova episode "The ghosts of Machu Picchu" and Mark Adams' book "Turn right at Machu Picchu"
Lyrics
The Ghosts of Machu Picchu Words & Music by Ron Tintner & Alan Gentle © 2014, ASCAP Listen people Strangers from another land You come to Machu Picchu But do you really understand? The history, the mystery To you, they’re dust and stones Be careful where you walk You’re stepping on our bones CHORUS: We are the ghosts of Machu Picchu We are the voices of the dead We are the breathing of the mountains We are echoes in your head Beneath your boots Are the lives we used to know The terraces are clear Of the crops we used to grow And so we breathe beyond the reach Of guns and sickness now We sleep upon the peaks We dream within the clouds Chorus Bridge: Hear us in the breeze Our breath upon your cheeks Does the gold weigh on your soul For everything you stole Chorus X 2
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