Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Mm-mm
– Mm-mm
There’s lots of fish out in the pond
– He nui ngā ika kei roto i te roto
In the oceans and the rivers and in all the waterfalls
– I roto i nga moana, i nga awa, i nga wairere katoa
But if I’m made for land and not the sea at all
– Engari ki te mea he whenua ahau, ehara i te moana
Could I crawl and find some kind Neanderthal?
– Ka taea e au te kōkiri me te kimi I Tētahi Momo Neanderthal?
What if I’m from outer space?
– He aha te mea no te mokowā ā-waho ahau?
And I have fire in my bones and in my veins?
– A he ahi taku i roto i oku wheua, i oku uaua?
I let it show and scare my suitors far away
– I tukua e au kia whakaatu kia whakawehi i aku kaitono kia tawhiti atu
Leave them traumatized with visions of its glow behind my face
– Waiho ratou traumatized ki kite o tona wherikotanga i muri i toku mata
They say that God makes no mistakes, but I might disagree
– E mea ana ratou, kahore he Hapa a te Atua, engari e kore pea ahau e whakaae
When I outstretch my empty hand
– Ka totoro atu taku ringa kau
I watch them build society, domesticated land
– Ka mātakitaki au i a rātau e hanga ana i te hapori, i te whenua ā-iwi
It goes according to the plan
– E ai ki te mahere
While they’re in paradise, I’m exiled in the sand
– I a rātou i pararaiha, ka whakaraua ahau ki te onepu
If everyone has someone, then the math just isn’t right
– Ki te mea he tangata katoa, na te pāngarau tika e kore e tika
And I’m the only outlier, the lonely archetype
– Ko au anake te tangata kē, te tauira o te tangata mokemoke
If everything is by design, well, I might disagree
– Ki te mea he mea hoahoa nga mea katoa, pai, kaore pea au e whakaae
You all know something that I don’t
– Kei te mohio katoa koe ki tetahi mea kaore au
You all learned something that I fear I’ll never know
– I ako katoa koutou i tetahi mea e wehi ana ahau e kore ahau e mohio
You all grew body parts I fear I’ll never grow
– I tipu katoa koutou i nga wahi o te tinana e wehi ana ahau e kore ahau e tipu
You all know something that I don’t
– Kei te mohio katoa koe ki tetahi mea kaore au
You all know something that I don’t
– Kei te mohio katoa koe ki tetahi mea kaore au
You all know something that I don’t
– Kei te mohio katoa koe ki tetahi mea kaore au
What if I’m just cosmic dust?
– He aha mēnā he puehu ā-ao noa iho ahau?
Put me in a metal box that’s bound to rust
– Hoatu ahau i roto i te pouaka whakarewa e te herea ki te waikura
Shoot me into space and leave me to combust
– Koperea ahau ki te mokowā ka waiho ahau kia tahuna
Return to earth and just dissolve into its crust
– Hoki ki te whenua ka rewa noa ki tona kiri
Well, I was born all by myself
– Well, i whanau katoa ahau e ahau
It’s not unlikely that I’ll die that way as well
– Ehara I te mea pea ka mate ahau i taua ara ano hoki
