Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Don’t you miss the breathlessness
– Kaua e ngaro i a koe te manawa
The wildness in the eye?
– Ko te mohoao i roto i te kanohi?
Come home late in the morning light
– Haere mai ki te kāinga i te ata
Bloodshot dreams under streetlight spells
– Ngā moemoea o te pūoro i raro i ngā pūoro o te rā
A truth no one can tell
– He pono kaore e taea e tetahi te korero
And I was still a secret to myself
– A he mea ngaro tonu ahau ki ahau
Light me up, I’m wasted in the dark
– Kia marama ahau, kua ngaro ahau i te pouri
Rushmere, restless hearts in the end
– Rushmere, ngā ngākau kore i te mutunga
Get my head out of the ground
– Tangohia toku mahunga i te whenua
Time don’t let us down again
– Kāore te wā e tuku i a tātou kia heke anō
Take me back to empty lawns
– Nau mai ki te hoki ki nga wharepaku kore
And nowhere else to go
– A kahore he wahi atu ki te haere
You say, “Come get lost in a fairground crowd”
– Ka mea koe, ” haere mai kia ngaro i roto i te mano fairground”
Where no one knows your name
– Ki te kore tetahi e mohio ki tou ingoa
There’s only honest mistakes
– He hapa pono anake
There’s no price to a wasted hour
– Kaore he utu mo te haora kua ngaro
Well, light me up, I’m wasted in the dark
– Well, light me up, kua ngaro ahau i te pōuri
Rushmere, restless hearts in the end
– Rushmere, ngā ngākau kore i te mutunga
And get my head out of the ground
– A ka puta toku matenga i te whenua
Time don’t let us down again
– Kāore te wā e tuku i a tātou kia heke anō
What’s lost is gone and buried deep
– Ko te mea kua ngaro kua ngaro kua tanumia hohonu
Take heart and let it be
– Kia mau ki te ngakau, kia waiho
Don’t lie to yourself
– Kaua e teka ki a koe
There’s madness and magic in the rain
– He haurangi me te makutu kei te ua
There’s beauty in the pain
– He ataahua kei te mamae
Don’t lie to yourself
– Kaua e teka ki a koe
Well, light me up, I’m wasted in the dark
– Well, light me up, kua ngaro ahau i te pōuri
Rushmere, restless hearts
– Rushmere, ngā ngākau kore
There’s something we might miss
– He mea ka ngaro pea i a tātou
A whole life in a glimpse
– He ora katoa i roto i te tirohanga
Well, I’m still working it out
– Well, kei te mahi tonu ahau i te reira i roto i
Time don’t let us down again
– Kāore te wā e tuku i a tātou kia heke anō
‘Cause I won’t wait
– ‘No te mea e kore ahau e tatari
Get my head out of the ground
– Tangohia toku mahunga i te whenua
Time don’t let us down again
– Kāore te wā e tuku i a tātou kia heke anō
