Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
And you don’t seem to understand
– A kaore koe e mohio
A shame, you seemed an honest man
– He mea whakama, he tangata pono koe
And all the fears you hold so dear
– A ko nga wehi katoa e mau ana koe kia aroha
Will turn to whisper in your ear
– Ka tahuri ki te whisper i roto i tou taringa
And you know what they say might hurt you
– A e mohio ana koe ki ta ratou e mea ai ka whara pea koe
And you know that it means so much
– A e mohio ana koe he nui rawa te tikanga
And you don’t even feel a thing
– A kaore koe eel i tetahi mea
I am falling
– Kei te hinga ahau
I am fading
– Kei te ngaro ahau
I have lost it all
– Kua ngaro katoa ahau
And you don’t seem the lying kind
– A kaore koe i te ahua o te ahua teka
A shame that I can read your mind
– He whakama ka taea e au te pānui i tō hinengaro
And all the things that I read there
– Me ngā mea katoa i pānuihia e au ki reira
Candle lit smile that we both share
– He ataata e whiti ana i te rama e tiritiri ana mātau
And you know I don’t mean to hurt you
– A e mohio ana koe e kore ahau e te tikanga ki te whara koe
But you know that it means so much
– Engari e mohio ana koe he nui te tikanga
And you don’t even feel a thing
– A kaore koe eel i tetahi mea
I am falling
– Kei te hinga ahau
I am fading
– Kei te ngaro ahau
I am drowning
– Kei te horomia ahau
Help me to breathe
– Āwhina i ahau ki te manawa
I am hurting
– Kei te mamae ahau
I have lost it all
– Kua ngaro katoa ahau
I am losing
– Kei te ngaro ahau
Help me to breathe
– Āwhina i ahau ki te manawa
I am falling
– Kei te hinga ahau
I am failing
– Kei te hē ahau
I am drowning
– Kei te horomia ahau
Help me to breathe
– Āwhina i ahau ki te manawa
I am hurting
– Kei te mamae ahau
I have lost it all
– Kua ngaro katoa ahau
I am losing
– Kei te ngaro ahau
Help me to breathe
– Āwhina i ahau ki te manawa
Ah-oh-oh, yeah
– Ah-oh-oh, ae
Ah-oh-oh, yeah
– Ah-oh-oh, ae
I am falling
– Kei te hinga ahau
I am failing
– Kei te hē ahau
I am drowning
– Kei te horomia ahau
Help me to breathe
– Āwhina i ahau ki te manawa
I am hurting
– Kei te mamae ahau
I have lost it all
– Kua ngaro katoa ahau
I am losing
– Kei te ngaro ahau
Help me to breathe
– Āwhina i ahau ki te manawa
