Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Well, you were laid inverse
– Well, i whakatakotoria koe kōaro
Living on a promised word
– Te ora i runga i te kupu i whakaaria mai
Well, I am the rose you relinquished again
– Na, ko ahau te rohi i whakarerea ano e koe
You and I are down headfirst
– Ko koe rāua ko au kei raro i te upoko
In another world I heard
– I tetahi atu ao i rongo ahau
But I have a feeling we’re close to the end
– Engari he whakaaro kei te tata tonu mātou ki te mutunga
So, come on, come on
– Na, haere mai, haere mai
Out from underneath, who you were
– Mai i raro, ko wai koe
Come on, come on now
– Haere mai, haere mai inaianei
You know that it’s time to emerge
– E mōhio ana koe kua tae ki te wā kia puta mai
So go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Na haere i mua, ka takai koutou ringa a tawhio noa ahau
Arms around me, arms around me, yeah
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, ae
Go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Haere ki mua ka takai i your ringa ki ahau
Arms around me, arms around me, yeah
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, ae
Go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Haere ki mua ka takai i your ringa ki ahau
Arms around me, arms around me, yeah
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, ae
Go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Haere ki mua ka takai i your ringa ki ahau
Arms around me, arms around me, yeah (Hey, woo)
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, ae (Hey, woo)
Are you carbide on my nano? Red glass on my lightbulb
– He karapa koe i runga i taku nano? He karaihe whero i runga i taku rama rama
Dark light on my culture, sapphire on my white gold
– He marama pouri i runga i taku ahurea, he hāpiri i runga i taku koura ma
Burst out of my chest and hide out in the vents
– I puta mai i roto i toku uma, ka huna i roto i nga hau
My blood beats so alive
– Ka whiua e toku toto kia ora
Might bite right through your lenses
– Kia ngau tika i roto i o koutou arotahi
It’s midnight in my mind’s eye, drowning out the daylight
– Ko te poutumarotanga i roto i te kanohi o toku hinengaro, e horomia ana i te marama o te ra
Godspeed to my enemies who be askin’ for that call sign
– Kia ora e oku hoariri e tono ana mo taua tohu karanga
You know the behaviour, canines of the saviour
– E mōhio ana koe ki te whanonga, ki ngā kuri o te kaiwhakaora
Glory to the legion, trauma for the neighbours
– Te kororia ki te rōpū, te whara ki ngā hoa noho tata
So go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Na haere i mua, ka takai koutou ringa a tawhio noa ahau
Arms around me, arms around me, yeah
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, ae
Go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Haere ki mua ka takai i your ringa ki ahau
Arms around me, arms around me, yeah
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, ae
Go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Haere ki mua ka takai i your ringa ki ahau
Arms around me, arms around me, yeah
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, ae
Go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Haere ki mua ka takai i your ringa ki ahau
Arms around me, arms around me
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau
I’ve got solar flares for your dead gods, space dust for your fuel rods
– Kua whiwhi au i ngā mura o te rā mō ōu atua mate, he puehu mokowā mō ōu tokotoko wahie
Dark days for your Solstice dancin’ through the depths of
– Ngā rā pōuri mō tō rā e kanikani ana i roto i ngā hohonu o
Hellfire, on the winds that started from within
– Te ahi reinga, i runga i nga hau i timata mai i roto
My blood beats so alive, might tear right through my skin
– Ka whiua e toku toto kia ora, ka haehae pea i roto i toku kiri
So, tell me what you meant by “living past your half-life”
– Na, korerotia mai ki ahau te tikanga o te ” te ora i muri i to hawhe-ora”
In lockstep with the universe, and you’re well-versed in the afterlife
– I roto i te lockstep ki te ao, a kei te pai-mohio koe i roto i te afterlife
You know that I’m sanctified by what’s below
– E mohio ana koe kei te whakatapua ahau e te mea kei raro
No matter what you do, no matter where you go
– Ahakoa he aha te mea e mahia ana e koe, ahakoa kei hea koe e haere ana
You might be the one to take away the pain
– Ka taea e koe te tango i te mamae
And let my mind go quiet
– A kia noho puku toku hinengaro
And nothing else is quite the same as how I feel when I’m at your side
– A kaore he mea ke atu e rite ana ki taku ahua i taku taha
Come on, come on
– Haere mai, haere mai
Out from underneath who you were
– Mai i raro ko wai koe
Come on, come on now
– Haere mai, haere mai inaianei
You know that it’s time to emerge
– E mōhio ana koe kua tae ki te wā kia puta mai
So go ahead and wrap your arms around me
– Na haere i mua, ka takai koutou ringa a tawhio noa ahau
Arms around me, arms around me (Huh, woo)
– Nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau, nga ringa e karapoti ana i ahau (Huh, woo)
And you might be the one to take away the pain
– A ko koe pea te tangata hei tango i te mamae
And let my mind go quiet
– A kia noho puku toku hinengaro
And nothing else is quite the same as how I feel when I’m at your side
– A kaore he mea ke atu e rite ana ki taku ahua i taku taha
[Instrumental Outro]
– [Tuhinga O Mua]
