Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
You don’t see stars here, they’re just city lights
– Kāore koe e kite i ngā whetū i konei, he rama taone noa iho rātau
I think back to where you live and how you can see the entire sky
– Ka hoki au ki te wāhi e noho ana koe me te āhua e kite ai koe i te rangi katoa
It’s occasional, sometimes I’ll see the moon
– He wā, i ētahi wā ka kite ahau i te marama
And I’ll think of you
– A ka whakaaro ahau ki a koe
My mom will convince me and I’ll get the courage to ask
– Ka whakaponohia ahau e toku whaea, a ka whiwhi ahau i te maia ki te ui
We will get coffee in Canton and you’ll nervously laugh
– Ka whiwhi kawhe mātou i Canton, ā, ka kata koe
When we hug, ’cause we don’t hug, we never used to do that
– I a mātou e awhi ana, nā te mea kāore mātou e awhi, kāore anō mātou kia mahi i tērā
We don’t do that
– Kāore mātou e mahi i tērā
Sometimes I go to sleep
– I ētahi wā ka moe au
And I’m still seventeen
– A, tekau mā whitu tonu oku tau
You still live down my street
– Kei te noho tonu koe i taku huarahi
You’re not mad at me
– Kāore koe i te riri ki ahau
And in that dream I will say everything I wanted
– A i roto i taua moemoea ka mea ahau i nga mea katoa i hiahia ahau
That every day after May, I haven’t found what I needed
– I nga ra Katoa i Muri Mai O Mei, kaore au i kite i nga mea e hiahiatia ana e au
No one has come close to you
– Kāore he tangata i whakatata atu ki a koe
And I don’t think anyone will
– A ki taku whakaaro kaore tetahi e pai
Sometimes I go to sleep
– I ētahi wā ka moe au
And I’m still seventeen
– A, tekau mā whitu tonu oku tau
You still live down my street
– Kei te noho tonu koe i taku huarahi
You’re not mad at me
– Kāore koe i te riri ki ahau
I have a feeling you got everything you wanted
– He whakaaro kei a koe nga mea katoa e hiahia ana koe
And you’re not wastin’ time stuck here like me
– A e kore koe e maumauria ‘ wa piri konei rite ahau
You’re just thinkin’ it’s a small thing that happened
– Kei te whakaaro noa koe ‘ he mea iti i tupu
The world ended when it happened to me
– I mutu te ao i te wa i pa mai ai ki ahau
I have a feeling you got everything you wanted
– He whakaaro kei a koe nga mea katoa e hiahia ana koe
And you’re not wastin’ time stuck here like me
– A e kore koe e maumauria ‘ wa piri konei rite ahau
You’re just thinkin’ it’s a small thing that happened
– Kei te whakaaro noa koe ‘ he mea iti i tupu
The world ended when it happened to me
– I mutu te ao i te wa i pa mai ai ki ahau
When it happened to me
– I te wā i pa ki ahau
When it happened to me
– I te wā i pa ki ahau
– He whakaaro kei a koe nga mea katoa e hiahia ana koe
I have a feeling you got everything you wanted
– A e kore koe e maumauria ‘ wa piri konei rite ahau
And you’re not wastin’ time stuck here like me
– Kei te whakaaro noa koe ‘ he mea iti i tupu
You’re just thinkin’ it’s a small thing that happened
– I mutu te ao i te wa i pa mai ai ki ahau
The world ended when it happened to me
