Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Flicking embers into daffodils
– Te huri i ngā waro ki roto i ngā rākau
You didn’t plan to tell me how you feel
– Kaore koe i whakaaro ki te korero mai ki ahau me pehea to whakaaro
You laugh about it like it’s no big deal
– Ka kata koe ki a ia me te mea ehara i te mea nui
Crush the fire underneath your heel
– Kuru i te ahi i raro i tou rekereke
I’m surprised that you’re the one who said it first
– Kei te miharo ahau ko koe te tangata i korero tuatahi
If you had waited a few years, I would’ve burst
– Mehemea i tatari koe mō ētahi tau, kua pakaru ahau
Everything comes up to the surface in the end
– Ko nga mea katoa ka tae ki te mata i te mutunga
Even the things we’d rather leave unspoken
– Ahakoa ngā mea e pai ana kia waiho e mātou kia kore e kōrerotia
We both know that it would never work
– E mōhio ana mātau e rua kāore e pai
You’ve got your girl, you’re gonna marry her
– Kei a koe to kotiro, ka marena koe ki a ia
And I’ll be watching in a pinstriped suit
– A ka mātakitaki ahau i roto i te kākahu pinstriped
Sincerely happy for the both of you
– He tino harikoa mo koutou tokorua
So what changes, if anything?
– Na he aha te huringa, ki te mea tetahi mea?
Maybe everything can stay the same
– Mahalo ka taea e nga mea katoa te noho i te taua
But if we never talk about it again
– Engari ki te kore tatou e kōrero anō mō taua mea
There’s something I want you to understand
– He mea e hiahia ana ahau kia mārama koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You knew when you caught me reading at your show
– I mōhio koe i te wā i hopu ai koe i ahau e pānui ana i tō whakaaturanga
I knew when you came to visit in the cold
– I mohio ahau ka tae mai koe ki te toro i roto i te makariri
We could’ve done something that we’d come to regret
– I taea e mātou te mahi i tētahi mea e pouri ana mātou
Do you remember? You say, “How could I forget?”
– Kei te mahara koe? Ka mea koe, ” Me pēhea taku wareware?”
But we both know that it would never work
– Engari e mohio ana maua e rua e kore e pai
You’ve got your girl, you’re gonna marry her
– Kei a koe to kotiro, ka marena koe ki a ia
And I’ll be watching in a pinstriped suit
– A ka mātakitaki ahau i roto i te kākahu pinstriped
Not even wishing it was me and you
– Kāore anō kia hiahia ko au rāua ko koe
So what changes, if anything?
– Na he aha te huringa, ki te mea tetahi mea?
Maybe everything can stay the same
– Mahalo ka taea e nga mea katoa te noho i te taua
But if we never talk about it again
– Engari ki te kore tatou e kōrero anō mō taua mea
There’s something I want you to understand
– He mea e hiahia ana ahau kia mārama koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
You’re a big deal
– He mahi nui koe
