Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Enod ev’uoy taht gnihtyreve htiw seerga dna snoitca ruoy fo lla seifitsuj taht dog a tem uoy taht kniht uoy tub dog sa esiugsid fles emos htiw tem uoy taht dog A
– Enod ev’uoy taht gnihtyreve htiw seerga dna snoitca ruoy fo lla seifitsuj taht dog a tem uoy taht kniht uoy tub dog sa esiugsid fles emos htiw tem uoy taht dog A
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
– Ka tahuna e te kaituku ahi te ao kiael ai i tōna wera
The arsonist doesn’t feel the embers on his feet
– Kāore te kaitā ahi i te fe i ngā waro i runga i ōna waewae
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
– Arsonist, tou kete tīmatanga tangata haere mai oti
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
– Ko aku mihi, e te kaihopu ahi, i aroha koe ki ahau
I’m glued to a building that’s on fire
– Kua piri ahau ki tētahi whare e mura ana
Handcuffed to a narcissistic liar
– I herea ki te tangata teka
Empty space and leather jeans
– Mokowā kau me te tīni hiako
Eyes are blazed with apathy
– Kua mura nga kanohi ki te kore aro
Fool me twice, the shame is on me
– E rua nga wa e tinihangatia ai ahau, kei runga i ahau te whakama
Am I a victim in your game?
– Ko ahau te patunga i roto i to koutou kēmu?
Am I a subtle antique placed?
– He taonga tawhito ahau?
Will you pass me through your bloodline with your ornamental age?
– Ka haere koe i ahau i roto i tou bloodline ki tou tau whakapaipai?
Can I take the blame for everything you hate?
– Ka taea e au te whakapae mo nga mea katoa e kino ana koe?
The punishment and crime are not the same
– Ehara i te mea kotahi te whiu me te hara
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
– Ka tahuna e te kaituku ahi te ao kiael ai i tōna wera
The arsonist doesn’t feel the embers on his feet
– Kāore te kaitā ahi i te fe i ngā waro i runga i ōna waewae
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
– Arsonist, tou kete tīmatanga tangata haere mai oti
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
– Ko aku mihi, e te kaihopu ahi, i aroha koe ki ahau
You built a small container to keep all of me confined
– I hangaia e koe he ipu iti hei pupuri i ahau katoa
I am water, I am shapeless, I am fluid, I am divine
– He wai ahau, he āhua kore, he wai ahau, he atua ahau
Somebody will love me for the way that I’m designed
– Ka aroha tetahi ki ahau mo te huarahi i hangaia ai ahau
Devastation, creation, intertwined
– Te whakangaromanga, te hanganga, te honohono
You don’t love the flames, you just want them for yourself
– E kore koe e aroha ki te mura, e hiahia ana koe ki a ratou mo koe
Douse my head in kerosene, horizon into hell
– Whakainu toku mahunga i roto i te parahi, horizon ki te reinga
And you smothered out the glow I grew for you but it was mine too
– A ka whakamakuku koe i te wherikotanga i tupu ahau mo koutou engari ko reira ano hoki toku
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
– Ka tahuna e te kaituku ahi te ao kiael ai i tōna wera
The arsonist doesn’t feel the embers on his feet
– Kāore te kaitā ahi i te fe i ngā waro i runga i ōna waewae
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
– Arsonist, tou kete tīmatanga tangata haere mai oti
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
– Ko aku mihi, e te kaihopu ahi, i aroha koe ki ahau
Alchemy’s not love, it’s playing God
– Kāore te Alchemy i te aroha, e tākaro Ana I te Atua
And there’s a penance paid for entering the temple like a fraud in your charade
– A he utu utu mo te tomo ki te temepara ano he tinihanga i roto i to koutou charade
You leave me sleeping in the dark so you can hide away your blade
– Ka waiho ahau e koe e moe ana i te pouri kia taea ai e koe te huna atu i to maripi
And lock the door and trap me right here in the blaze
– A ka raka i te tatau ka mau ki ahau i konei i roto i te mura
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
– Ka tahuna e te kaituku ahi te ao kiael ai i tōna wera
The arsonist doesn’t feel the embers on his feet
– Kāore te kaitā ahi i te fe i ngā waro i runga i ōna waewae
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
– Arsonist, tou kete tīmatanga tangata haere mai oti
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
– Ko aku mihi, e te kaihopu ahi, i aroha koe ki ahau
Have you ever been broken and thrown down?
– Kua pakaru koe, kua maka ki raro?
Have you ever been worried that you’d be shot and burned off in a sack?
– Kua worangawanga koe ka patua koe, ka tahuna ki roto i te peke?
Have you ever given the world to somebody as a gift and had it returned?
– Kua hoatu e koe te ao ki tētahi hei koha, ā, kua whakahokia mai?
Did you know the father’s DNA stays inside the mother for seven years?
– I mohio koe KA noho TE dna o te papa ki roto i te whaea mo nga tau e whitu?
Have you ever waited seven years?
– Kua tatari koe mo nga tau e whitu?
Have you ever woken from a dream just to realize that you’re still asleep?
– Kua ara ake koe i te moemoea kia mohio ai kei te moe tonu koe?
Do you ever wish you were still asleep?
– Kei te hiahia koe kia moe tonu koe?
Do you ever wish you wouldn’t wake up?
– Kei te hiahia koe kia kaua e ara ake?
