Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
If I held in my hands everything gold could buy
– Ki te mau ahau ki oku ringa ka taea e nga mea katoa koura te hoko
I’d still not have a thing worth giving you
– Kaore ano ahau i te mea e tika ana kia hoatu ki a koe
You tell me the sun is shining in paradise
– Ka korerotia mai e koe ki ahau kei te whiti te ra i te pararaiha
And I have to watch your lips turn blue
– Me mātakitaki au i ō ngutu e huri ana ki te kikorangi
I would burn the world to bring some heat to you
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe i etahi wera ki a koe
I would burn the world to bring some heat to you
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe i etahi wera ki a koe
I would burn the world to bring some heat
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe mai i etahi wera
You are the reason I went through it, oh
– Ko koe te take i haere ahau i roto i te reira, oh
The only meaning as I knew it, my-yeah
– Ko te tikanga anake i mohio ai ahau, e taku-ae
And I can only do my best, I do not do this for myself
– A ka taea e ahau anake te mahi i taku pai, e kore ahau e mahi i tenei mo ahau
I’d walk through hell on living feet for you
– Ka haere ahau i roto i te reinga i runga i nga waewae ora mo koe
I wouldn’t be seen walking through any door
– E kore ahau e kitea e haere ana I roto i tetahi tatau
Some place that you’re not welcome to
– Ko etahi waahi kaore koe e manakohia
You stare at the faces smiling from somewhere warm
– Ka titiro koe ki ngā mata e ataata ana mai i tētahi wāhi mahana
From some place the sunlight won’t come through
– Mai i tētahi wāhi kāore te rā e puta mai
I would burn the world to bring some heat to you
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe i etahi wera ki a koe
I would burn the world to bring some heat to you
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe i etahi wera ki a koe
I would burn the world to bring some heat
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe mai i etahi wera
You are the reason I went through it, oh
– Ko koe te take i haere ahau i roto i te reira, oh
The only meaning as I knew it, my-yeah
– Ko te tikanga anake i mohio ai ahau, e taku-ae
And I can only do my best, I do not do this for myself
– A ka taea e ahau anake te mahi i taku pai, e kore ahau e mahi i tenei mo ahau
I’d walk through hell on living feet for you
– Ka haere ahau i roto i te reinga i runga i nga waewae ora mo koe
I would burn the world to bring some heat to you
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe i etahi wera ki a koe
I would burn the world to bring some heat to you
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe i etahi wera ki a koe
I would burn the world to bring some heat
– Ka tahuna e ahau te ao ki te kawe mai i etahi wera
