spoken:
Once there was a mountain known as Peak 15. Nothing was known about it
But in 1852 the surveyors found that it was the highest the world
And they named it Everest
When men were first drawn to Everest, it was an unknown quantity
Something entirely beyond them
Something entirely beyond them
A climber climbs with his guts, his brains, his soul and his feet
All of them bound for a cold, white world. A world that is all up, and up
Up, and up
The air is getting thinner and thinner
At such heights when you're lacking oxygen you may think you're normal, but you're not
You're moving in a dream, a dream that deludes and debilitates
Two very small men, cutting steps in the roof of the world
(In the roof of the world)
(Up, and up)
(Up, and up)
Why should a man climb Everest?
Because it is there