Fernando Daniel spins a musical carousel in “Voltas,” inviting us to feel the dizzying loop of a relationship stuck on repeat. The Portuguese singer questions whether he gave too much, did something wrong, or simply wasn’t enough for someone whose world no longer matches his own. Every line circles back to the same image: both lovers walking in circles, chasing what once was, while life keeps moving.
The hook – “Andas às voltas, nas voltas que a vida dá” – sums it up perfectly: life twists and turns, and so do their feelings. Yet the narrator finally snaps out of the spin. He admits he may still have “time to wait,” but he chooses not to. When the other person returns (“se tu voltas”), he makes no promise to be there, because the moment to enjoy what they had has already passed. “Voltas” is a bittersweet anthem of letting go, reminding us that sometimes the bravest move is to step off the merry-go-round and start walking forward on our own.