Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I didn’t want to be the one to forget
– Kaore au i hiahia kia wareware
I thought of everything I’d never regret
– I whakaaro ahau ki nga mea katoa e kore ahau e pouri
A little time with you is all that I get
– He wa iti ki a koe ko nga mea katoa e whiwhi ana ahau
That’s all we need because it’s all we can take
– Ko te mea anake e hiahiatia ana e mātou nā te mea ko te mea anake e taea e mātou te tango
One thing I never see the same when your ’round
– Kotahi te mea e kore ahau e kite i te taua ina tou ‘ a tawhio noa
I don’t believe in him, his lips on the ground
– E kore ahau e whakapono ki a ia, ona ngutu i runga i te whenua
I wanna take you to that place in the “Roche”
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te kawe ia koe ki taua wahi i roto i te”Roche”
But no one gives us any time anymore
– Engari kaore he tangata e homai ki a tatou i tetahi wa
He asked me once if I’d look in on his dog
– I ui mai ia ki ahau i tetahi wa mehemea ka titiro ahau ki tana kuri
You made an offer for it, then you ran off
– I tuku koe i tētahi tono mō taua mea, kātahi ka rere atu koe
I got this picture of us, gets in my head
– I whiwhi ahau i tēnei pikitia o mātou, ka uru ki roto i toku mahunga
And all I hear is the last thing that you said
– A ko te mea anake e rongo ana ahau ko te mea whakamutunga i korerotia e koe
“I listened to your problems
– “I whakarongo ahau ki ōu raruraru
Now listen to mine”
– Whakarongo ki taku”
I didn’t want to anymore, oh oh oh
– Kāore au i hiahia ki te mahi, oh oh oh
And we will never be alone again
– A e kore e waiho e tatou anake ano
‘Cause it doesn’t happen every day
– ‘No te mea e kore e tupu i nga ra katoa
Kinda counted on you being a friend
– I whakawhirinaki a Kinda ki a koe hei hoa
Can I give it up or give it away?
– Ka taea e au te tuku atu, te tuku atu ranei?
Now I thought about what I wanna say
– Na whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea
But I never really know where to go
– Otiia e kore ahau e tino mohio ki te wahi ki te haere
So I chained myself to a friend
– Na ka herea ahau ki tētahi hoa
‘Cause I know it unlocks like a door
– ‘No te mea e mohio ana ahau ki te reira unlocks rite te tatau
And we will never be alone again
– A e kore e waiho e tatou anake ano
‘Cause it doesn’t happen every day
– ‘No te mea e kore e tupu i nga ra katoa
Kinda counted on you being a friend
– I whakawhirinaki a Kinda ki a koe hei hoa
Can I give it up or give it away?
– Ka taea e au te tuku atu, te tuku atu ranei?
Now I thought about what I wanna say
– Na whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea
But I never really know where to go
– Otiia e kore ahau e tino mohio ki te wahi ki te haere
So I chained myself to a friend
– Na ka herea ahau ki tētahi hoa
Some more again
– Ētahi atu anō
It didn’t matter what they wanted to see
– Kāore he mea nui ki ta rātau i hiahia ai kia kite
He thought he saw someone that looked just like me
– I whakaaro ia i kite ia i tētahi e rite tonu ana ki ahau
That summer memory that just never dies
– Ko taua maharatanga raumati e kore rawa e mate
We worked too long and hard to give it no time
– I mahi matou i te wa roa me te uaua ki te hoatu i te reira kahore wa
He sees right through me, it’s so easy with lies
– Ka kite ia i roto i ahau, he tino ngāwari ki te teka
Cracks in the road that I would try and disguise
– Ko ngā pakaru i te huarahi ka whakamātau ahau ki te whakakapi
He runs his scissors at the seem in the wall
– Ka rere tana kutikuti ki te seem in the wall
He cannot break it down or else he would fall
– E kore e taea e ia te wawahi i te reira ki te kore e hinga ia
One thousand lonely stars hiding in the cold
– Kotahi mano nga whetu mokemoke e huna ana i te makariri
Take it, I don’t wanna sing anymore
– Tangohia, e kore ahau e hiahia ana ki te waiata i muri
“I listened to your problems
– “I whakarongo ahau ki ōu raruraru
Now listen to mine”
– Whakarongo ki taku”
I didn’t want to anymore, oh oh oh
– Kāore au i hiahia ki te mahi, oh oh oh
And we will never be alone again
– A e kore e waiho e tatou anake ano
‘Cause it doesn’t happen every day
– ‘No te mea e kore e tupu i nga ra katoa
Kinda counted on you being a friend
– I whakawhirinaki a Kinda ki a koe hei hoa
Can I give it up or give it away?
– Ka taea e au te tuku atu, te tuku atu ranei?
Now I thought about what I wanna say
– Na whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea
But I never really know where to go
– Otiia e kore ahau e tino mohio ki te wahi ki te haere
So I chained myself to a friend
– Na ka herea ahau ki tētahi hoa
‘Cause I know it unlocks like a door
– ‘No te mea e mohio ana ahau ki te reira unlocks rite te tatau
And we will never be alone again
– A e kore e waiho e tatou anake ano
‘Cause it doesn’t happen every day
– ‘No te mea e kore e tupu i nga ra katoa
Kinda counted on you being a friend
– I whakawhirinaki a Kinda ki a koe hei hoa
Can I give it up or give it away?
– Ka taea e au te tuku atu, te tuku atu ranei?
Now I thought about what I wanna say
– Na whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea
But I never really know where to go
– Otiia e kore ahau e tino mohio ki te wahi ki te haere
So I chained myself to a friend
– Na ka herea ahau ki tētahi hoa
‘Cause I know it unlocks like a door
– ‘No te mea e mohio ana ahau ki te reira unlocks rite te tatau
I don’t understand, don’t get upset
– Kāore au i te mārama, kaua e riri
I’m not with you
– Kāore au i a koe
We’re swimming around
– E rere ana mātou
It’s all I do, when I’m with you
– Ko te mea anake e mahia ana e au, ina kei a koe ahau
And we will never be alone again
– A e kore e waiho e tatou anake ano
‘Cause it doesn’t happen every day
– ‘No te mea e kore e tupu i nga ra katoa
Kinda counted on you being a friend
– I whakawhirinaki a Kinda ki a koe hei hoa
Can I give it up or give it away?
– Ka taea e au te tuku atu, te tuku atu ranei?
Now I thought about what I wanna say
– Na whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea
But I never really know where to go
– Otiia e kore ahau e tino mohio ki te wahi ki te haere
So I chained myself to a friend
– Na ka herea ahau ki tētahi hoa
‘Cause I know it unlocks like a door
– ‘No te mea e mohio ana ahau ki te reira unlocks rite te tatau
And we will never be alone again
– A e kore e waiho e tatou anake ano
‘Cause it doesn’t happen every day
– ‘No te mea e kore e tupu i nga ra katoa
Kinda counted on you being a friend
– I whakawhirinaki a Kinda ki a koe hei hoa
Can I give it up or give it away?
– Ka taea e au te tuku atu, te tuku atu ranei?
Now I thought about what I wanna say
– Na whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea
But I never really know where to go
– Otiia e kore ahau e tino mohio ki te wahi ki te haere
So I chained myself to a friend
– Na ka herea ahau ki tētahi hoa
‘Cause I know it unlocks like a door
– ‘No te mea e mohio ana ahau ki te reira unlocks rite te tatau