Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Wash me with your fire
– Horoia ahau ki tou ahi
Who else has to pay for my sins?
– Ko wai atu hei utu mo aku hara?
My love’s fabricated, it’s too late to save it
– He mea hanga taku aroha, he mea mutunga rawa ki te whakaora i a ia
Now I’m ready for the end
– Na kua rite ahau mo te mutunga
So burn me with your light
– Na tahuna ahau ki tou marama
I have no more fights left to win
– Kāore he whawhai anō hei wikitōria
Tie me up to face it, I can’t run away, and
– Here ahau ki runga ki te kanohi i te reira, e kore e taea e ahau te rere atu, a
I’ll accept that it’s the end
– Ka whakaae ahau ko te mutunga
And I hope that I find what I’m looking for
– A ko te tūmanako ka kitea e au te mea e rapu ana ahau
I hope someone’s watching from up above
– Ko te tūmanako kei te mātakitaki mai tētahi i runga
I’m done with the lies, I’m done with the loss
– Kua oti I ahau te teka, kua oti I ahau te ngaronga
I hope my confession is enough
– Ko te tūmanako ka nui taku whaki
So I see heaven after life
– Na ka kite ahau i te rangi i muri i te ora
I want heaven when I die
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te rangi ina mate ahau
I wanna change
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te huri
I want the pain no more, hey
– E kore ahau e hiahia ki te mamae atu, hey
I took so much more than their lives
– He nui ake aku mahi i o ratou oranga
They took a piece of me
– I tangohia e rātau tētahi wāhanga o ahau
And I’ve been tryin’ to fill that void that my father left
– A kua ngana ahau ki te whakakī i taua korenga i mahue i toku papa
So no one else abandons me, I’m sorry
– Na kaore he tangata e whakarere i ahau, e pouri ana ahau
I promise I’m sorry, yeah
– Ka oati ahau e pouri ana ahau, ae
But now I’m drownin’ in the same tub where I learned how to swim
– Engari inaianei kei te horomia ahau i roto i te kaukau kotahi i ako ai ahau ki te kaukau
With my mother trying to save every ounce of my innocence
– I te mea e ngana ana toku whaea ki te whakaora i nga inihi katoa o toku harakore
I failed her like I failed myself, I’m sorry (Yeah)
– I takahia e au, me te mea i takahia e au, e pouri ana ahau (Ae)
Mama, I’m sorry, oh, yeah
– E Mama, e pouri ana ahau, ae, ae
And I hope that I’ll find what I’m looking for
– A ko te tūmanako ka kitea e au te mea e rapu ana ahau
I hope that He’s watching from up above
– Ko te tūmanako kei te mātakitaki Ia i runga ake
I’m done with the lies, I’m done with the loss
– Kua oti I ahau te teka, kua oti I ahau te ngaronga
I hope this confession is enough
– Ko te tūmanako ka nui tēnei whaki
So I see heaven after life
– Na ka kite ahau i te rangi i muri i te ora
I want heaven when I die
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te rangi ina mate ahau
I want to change
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te huri
I want the pain no more, oh, yeah
– E kore ahau e hiahia ki te mamae atu, aue, ae
No, I need heaven after life
– Kāore, e hiahia ana ahau ki te rangi i muri i te ora
I want heaven when I die
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te rangi ina mate ahau
I wanna change
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te huri
I want the pain no more, no more, no more
– E hiahia ana ahau kia kore te mamae e nui ake, e kore e nui ake, e kore e nui ake
