Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I am unwritten
– Kāore au i te tuhituhi
Can’t read my mind, I’m undefined
– Kāore e taea te pānui i tōku hinengaro, kāore au i te tautuhia
I’m just beginning
– Kei te tīmata noa ahau
The pen’s in my hand, ending unplanned
– Ko te pene i roto i toku ringa, mutu unplanned
Staring at the blank page before you
– Te titiro ki te whārangi kau i mua i a koe
Open up the dirty window
– Whakatuwherahia te matapihi poke
Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find
– Kia whakamarama te ra i nga kupu e kore e kitea e koe
Reaching for something in the distance
– Te toro atu ki tētahi mea i tawhiti
So close you can almost taste it
– Na tata taea e koe tata pangia e te reira
Release your inhibitions
– Tukua koutou inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
– Fe i te ua i runga i tou kiri
No one else can feel it for you
– Kaore tetahi atu e mohio ki a koe
Only you can let it in
– Anake e taea e koe te tuku i te reira i roto i
No one else, no one else
– Kāore he tangata, kāore he tangata
Can speak the words on your lips
– Ka taea e koe te korero i nga kupu i runga i o ngutu
Drench yourself in words unspoken
– Whakainu koe i roto i te kupu unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
– Kia ora koe me nga ringa e tuwhera ana
Today is where your book begins
– I tenei ra ko te wahi e timata ai to pukapuka
The rest is still unwritten, yeah
– Ko te toenga kaore ano kia tuhia, ae
Oh, oh
– Aue, aue
I break tradition
– Ka pakaru I ahau te tikanga
Sometimes my tries, are outside the lines yeah, yeah
– I ētahi wā ko aku whakamātau, kei waho i ngā raina ae, ae
We’ve been conditioned to not make mistakes
– Kua whakaritea kia kaua e hapa
But I can’t live that way oh, oh
– Otiia e kore e taea e ahau te ora i taua ara oh, oh
Staring at the blank page before you
– Te titiro ki te whārangi kau i mua i a koe
Open up the dirty window
– Whakatuwherahia te matapihi poke
Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find
– Kia whakamarama te ra i nga kupu e kore e kitea e koe
Reaching for something in the distance
– Te toro atu ki tētahi mea i tawhiti
So close you can almost taste it
– Na tata taea e koe tata pangia e te reira
Release your inhibitions
– Tukua koutou inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
– Fe i te ua i runga i tou kiri
No one else can feel it for you
– Kaore tetahi atu e mohio ki a koe
Only you can let it in
– Anake e taea e koe te tuku i te reira i roto i
No one else, no one else
– Kāore he tangata, kāore he tangata
Can speak the words on your lips
– Ka taea e koe te korero i nga kupu i runga i o ngutu
Drench yourself in words unspoken
– Whakainu koe i roto i te kupu unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
– Kia ora koe me nga ringa e tuwhera ana
Today is where your book begins
– I tenei ra ko te wahi e timata ai to pukapuka
Feel the rain on your skin
– Fe i te ua i runga i tou kiri
No one else can feel it for you
– Kaore tetahi atu e mohio ki a koe
Only you can let it in
– Anake e taea e koe te tuku i te reira i roto i
No one else, no one else
– Kāore he tangata, kāore he tangata
Can speak the words on your lips
– Ka taea e koe te korero i nga kupu i runga i o ngutu
Drench yourself in words unspoken
– Whakainu koe i roto i te kupu unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
– Kia ora koe me nga ringa e tuwhera ana
Today is where your book begins
– I tenei ra ko te wahi e timata ai to pukapuka
The rest is still unwritten
– Ko te toenga kaore ano kia tuhia
Staring at the blank page before you
– Te titiro ki te whārangi kau i mua i a koe
Open up the dirty window
– Whakatuwherahia te matapihi poke
Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find
– Kia whakamarama te ra i nga kupu e kore e kitea e koe
Reaching for something in the distance
– Te toro atu ki tētahi mea i tawhiti
So close you can almost taste it
– Na tata taea e koe tata pangia e te reira
Release your inhibitions
– Tukua koutou inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
– Fe i te ua i runga i tou kiri
No one else can feel it for you
– Kaore tetahi atu e mohio ki a koe
Only you can let it in
– Anake e taea e koe te tuku i te reira i roto i
No one else, no one else
– Kāore he tangata, kāore he tangata
Can speak the words on your lips
– Ka taea e koe te korero i nga kupu i runga i o ngutu
Drench yourself in words unspoken
– Whakainu koe i roto i te kupu unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
– Kia ora koe me nga ringa e tuwhera ana
Today is where your book begins
– I tenei ra ko te wahi e timata ai to pukapuka
Feel the rain on your skin
– Fe i te ua i runga i tou kiri
No one else can feel it for you
– Kaore tetahi atu e mohio ki a koe
Only you can let it in
– Anake e taea e koe te tuku i te reira i roto i
No one else, no one else
– Kāore he tangata, kāore he tangata
Can speak the words on your lips
– Ka taea e koe te korero i nga kupu i runga i o ngutu
Drench yourself in words unspoken
– Whakainu koe i roto i te kupu unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
– Kia ora koe me nga ringa e tuwhera ana
Today is where your book begins
– I tenei ra ko te wahi e timata ai to pukapuka
The rest is still unwritten
– Ko te toenga kaore ano kia tuhia
The rest is still unwritten
– Ko te toenga kaore ano kia tuhia
The rest is still unwritten
– Ko te toenga kaore ano kia tuhia
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
– Ae, ae, ae, ae
