Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Love me, love me, love me, say you do
– Aroha mai ki ahau, aroha mai ki ahau, aroha mai ki ahau, e mea ana koe
Let me fly away with you
– Tukua ahau kia rere atu ki a koe
Satisfy this hope
– Makona tenei tumanako
Ayy, ayy, baby
– Ko Ayy, ko ayy, ko baby
I’ve been lying to your faces, yeah
– Kua takoto ahau ki your kanohi, ae
I’ve been always wasted, it’s too late to save me
– Kua maumauria tonu ahau, kua roa rawa ki te whakaora i ahau
Save me (Save me), save me (Save me), save me (Save me)
– Whakaorangia ahau (Whakaorangia ahau), whakaorangia ahau (Whakaorangia ahau), whakaorangia ahau (Whakaorangia ahau)
Oh, save me (Woah)
– Aue, whakaorangia ahau (Woah)
Fill another cup of forsaken (Baby)
– Whakakiia tetahi kapu o te forsaken (Tamaiti)
Yeah, ’til my stomach achin’, bloated in my face, and
– Ae, ‘ki te mamae toku kopu’, bloated i roto i toku mata, a
Face it (Face it), face it (Face it), face it (Face, yeah)
– Kanohi ki a ia (Face it), kanohi ki a ia (Face it), kanohi ki a ia (Face, yeah)
Just let me go
– Tukua ahau kia haere
I’ll always lie to you (To you)
– Ka teka tonu ahau ki a koe (Ki a koe)
I’m unreliable (For you, babe)
– Kaore au i te pono (Mo koe, babe)
Tell me you care for me
– Korero mai ki ahau e tiaki ana koe i ahau
Just give me what I need, eh
– Homai noa ki ahau te mea e hiahia ana ahau, eh
Why won’t you let me go?
– He aha koe e kore ai e tuku i ahau kia haere?
Why won’t you let me leave?
– He aha koe e kore ai e tuku i ahau kia haere?
I’ve given up on me, yeah
– Kua whakarerea e ahau, ae
I think I’m in too deep
– Ki taku whakaaro he hohonu rawa ahau
Why won’t you let me go? Oh-oh
– He aha koe e kore ai e tuku i ahau kia haere? E te atua
Why won’t you let me leave? (Yeah)
– He aha koe e kore ai e tuku i ahau kia haere? (Ae)
I’ve given up on me, yeah
– Kua whakarerea e ahau, ae
I think I’m in too deep
– Ki taku whakaaro he hohonu rawa ahau
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
– Aue,aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue
I need you to let go, let go, let go, oh-oh-oh
– E hiahia ana ahau ki a koe kia haere, kia haere, kia haere, oh-oh-oh
Why won’t you let me sleep?
– He aha koe e kore ai e tuku i ahau kia moe?
Why won’t you let me go?
– He aha koe e kore ai e tuku i ahau kia haere?
Why won’t you let me try?
– He aha koe e kore ai e whakamatau i ahau?
Why won’t you let me die?
– He aha koe e kore ai e tuku i ahau kia mate?
I could never leave you alone
– Kāore au i taea te waiho i a koe anake
I could never leave you alone
– Kāore au i taea te waiho i a koe anake
I could never leave you alone
– Kāore au i taea te waiho i a koe anake
Leave you alone—
– Waiho koe anake—
Leave you alone—
– Waiho koe anake—
Leave you alone—
– Waiho koe anake—
Leave you—
– Waiho atu koe—
It keeps calling me back, the sunshine
– Ka karanga tonu mai ki ahau, te rā
I can feel the warmth on my skin for the first time
– Ka taea e ahau teel i te mahana i runga i toku kiri mo te wa tuatahi
When I’m far away from you, babe, I’m on fire
– A, no te ahau tawhiti atu i a koutou, babe, ahau i runga i te ahi
My sunshine, my sunshine
– Toku rā, toku rā
I know it’s not good for me, I know it’s not good for me
– E mohio ana ahau ehara i te mea pai ki ahau, e mohio ana ahau ehara i te mea pai ki ahau
I know it’s not fair to me, I know
– E mohio ana ahau ehara i te mea tika ki ahau, e mohio ana ahau
You’re no good for me, baby, my sunshine
– Kāore koe i te pai ki ahau, e te pēpi, e taku rā
It’s not good for me, no, the sunshine
– Ehara i te mea pai ki ahau, kaore, te mahana
Ooh, Lord
– E Te Ariki
I want your company (Eh)
– E hiahia ana ahau ki to kamupene (Eh)
Ooh, oh, Lord, oh, Lord
– E Te Ariki, E Te Ariki, E Te Ariki
Don’t you give up on me
– Kaua koe e whakarere i ahau
Mercy-cy me
– He aroha ki ahau
Oh, Lord, my company
– E Te Ariki, e taku kamupene
Mercy me
– Aroha mai ki ahau
Oh-oh, listen
– Oh-oh, whakarongo mai
