Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I didn’t hear you leave
– Kāore au i rongo i a koe e haere ana
I wonder how am I still here
– E whakaaro ana ahau kei konei tonu ahau
And I don’t want to move a thing
– A kaore au e hiahia ki te neke i tetahi mea
It might change my memory
– Ka huri pea i taku mahara
Oh, I am what I am
– Aue, ko ahau te mea ko ahau
I’ll do what I want, but I can’t hide
– Ka mahi ahau i taku e hiahia ana, engari kaore e taea e au te huna
And I won’t go, I won’t sleep
– A e kore ahau e haere, e kore ahau e moe
I can’t breathe, until you’re resting here with me
– Kāore e taea e au te manawa, kia okioki ra ano koe i konei ki ahau
And I won’t leave and I can’t hide
– A e kore ahau e haere a e kore e taea e ahau te huna
I cannot be, until you’re resting here with me
– Kaore e taea e au, kia okioki ra ano koe i konei ki ahau
I don’t want to call my friends
– Kaore au e hiahia ki te karanga i aku hoa
They might wake me from this dream
– Ka ara ake pea ahau i tēnei moemoea
And I can’t leave this bed
– A e kore e taea e ahau te waiho i tenei moenga
Risk forgetting all that’s been
– Mōrearea wareware katoa e kua
Oh, I am what I am
– Aue, ko ahau te mea ko ahau
I’ll do what I want, but I can’t hide
– Ka mahi ahau i taku e hiahia ana, engari kaore e taea e au te huna
And I won’t go, I won’t sleep
– A e kore ahau e haere, e kore ahau e moe
And I can’t breathe, until you’re resting here with me
– A e kore e taea e ahau te manawa, tae noa ki te okioki koe i konei ki ahau
And I won’t leave and I can’t hide
– A e kore ahau e haere a e kore e taea e ahau te huna
I cannot be, until you’re resting here
– Kaore e taea e au, kia okioki ra ano koe i konei
And I won’t go and I won’t sleep
– A e kore ahau e haere a e kore ahau e moe
And I can’t breathe, until you’re resting here with me
– A e kore e taea e ahau te manawa, tae noa ki te okioki koe i konei ki ahau
And I won’t leave and I can’t hide
– A e kore ahau e haere a e kore e taea e ahau te huna
I cannot be, until you’re resting here with me
– Kaore e taea e au, kia okioki ra ano koe i konei ki ahau
Oh, I am what I am
– Aue, ko ahau te mea ko ahau
I’ll do what I want, but I can’t hide
– Ka mahi ahau i taku e hiahia ana, engari kaore e taea e au te huna
And I won’t go, I won’t sleep
– A e kore ahau e haere, e kore ahau e moe
And I can’t breathe, until you’re resting here with me
– A e kore e taea e ahau te manawa, tae noa ki te okioki koe i konei ki ahau
And I won’t leave and I can’t hide
– A e kore ahau e haere a e kore e taea e ahau te huna
I cannot be, until you’re resting here
– Kaore e taea e au, kia okioki ra ano koe i konei
And I won’t go and I won’t sleep
– A e kore ahau e haere a e kore ahau e moe
And I can’t breathe, until you’re resting here with me
– A e kore e taea e ahau te manawa, tae noa ki te okioki koe i konei ki ahau
And I won’t leave and I can’t hide
– A e kore ahau e haere a e kore e taea e ahau te huna
I cannot be, until you’re resting here with me
– Kaore e taea e au, kia okioki ra ano koe i konei ki ahau