Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Strangers
– Ngā tangata kē
From strangers into brothers
– Mai i ngā tangata kē ki ngā tuakana
From brothers into strangers once again
– Mai i nga teina ki nga tangata ke ano
We saw the whole world
– I kite mātou i te ao katoa
But I couldn’t see the meaning
– Engari kaore au i kite i te tikanga
I couldn’t even recognize my friends
– Kaore I taea e au te mohio ki aku hoa
Older but nothing’s any different
– Pakeke engari kaore he mea rereke
Right now feels the same, I wonder why
– I tēnei wā ka pēnei tonu taku whakaaro, e whakaaro ana ahau he aha
I wish they told us
– Ko taku hiahia kia korerotia mai e ratou ki a matou
It shouldn’t take a sickness
– Kaua e mate
Or airplanes falling out the sky
– Ranei nga rererangi e hinga ana i te rangi
Do I have to die to hear you miss me?
– Me mate ahau ki te whakarongo ki a koe e mihi ana ki ahau?
Do I have to die to hear you say goodbye?
– Me mate ahau kia rongo ai koe i te poroporoaki?
I don’t want to act like there’s tomorrow
– Kāore au e hiahia ki te mahi pēnei i te rā apopo
I don’t want to wait to do this one more time
– E kore ahau e hiahia ana ki te tatari ki te mahi i tenei tetahi atu wa
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more
– Kotahi anō
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
I miss you
– E mihi ana ahau ki a koe
Took time, but I admit it
– I roa te wā, engari e whakaae ana ahau
It still hurts even after all these years
– He mamae tonu ahakoa i muri i enei tau katoa
And I know that next time ain’t always gonna happen
– A e mohio ana ahau e kore e tupu tonu te wā e whai ake nei
I gotta say “I love you” while we’re here
– Me ki atu ahau “e aroha ana ahau ki a koe” i a mātou i konei
Do I have to die to hear you miss me?
– Me mate ahau ki te whakarongo ki a koe e mihi ana ki ahau?
Do I have to die to hear you say goodbye?
– Me mate ahau kia rongo ai koe i te poroporoaki?
I don’t want to act like there’s tomorrow
– Kāore au e hiahia ki te mahi pēnei i te rā apopo
I don’t want to wait to do this one more time
– E kore ahau e hiahia ana ki te tatari ki te mahi i tenei tetahi atu wa
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more
– Kotahi anō
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more
– Kotahi anō
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
One more time
– Kotahi anō te wā
I miss you
– E mihi ana ahau ki a koe
