Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I tried to hide but something broke
– I whakamatau ahau ki te huna engari i pakaru tetahi mea
I tried to sing, couldn’t hit the notes
– I whakamātau ahau ki te waiata, kāore I taea te patu i ngā pūoro
The words kept catching in my throat
– I mau tonu nga kupu ki toku kaki
I tried to smile, I was suffocating though
– I ngana ahau ki te ataata, i te mea e mate ana ahau
But here with you, I can finally breathe
– Engari i konei ki a koe, ka taea e au te manawa
You say you’re no good, but you’re good for me
– Ka mea koe ehara koe i te pai, engari he pai koe ki ahau
I’ve been hoping to change, now I know we can change
– Kua tumanako ahau ki te huri, inaianei e mohio ana ahau ka taea e tatou te huri
But I won’t if you’re not by my side
– Otiia e kore e ahau ki te kahore koe i toku taha
Why does it feel right every time I let you in?
– He aha te take i tika ai ia wā ka tukua koe e au ki roto?
Why does it feel like I can tell you anything?
– He aha te take ka taea e au te korero ki a koe?
All the secrets that keep me in chains and
– Ko nga mea ngaro katoa e pupuri ana i ahau i roto i nga mekameka me
All the damage that might make me dangerous
– Ko ngā kino katoa e mōrearea ai ahau
You got a dark side, guess you’re not the only one
– He taha pouri tōu, ki te whakaaro ehara ko koe anake
What if we both tried fighting what we’re running from?
– Ka pēhea mēnā ka whakamātau mātau ki te whawhai i te mea e rere ana mātau?
We can’t fix it if we never face it
– Kāore e taea e tātou te whakatika mēnā kāore tātou e aro atu ki a ia
What if we find a way to escape it?
– He aha te mea ka kitea e tatou he ara ki te mawhiti i te reira?
We could be free
– Ka taea e tatou te koreutu
Free
– Koreutu
We can’t fix it if we never face it
– Kāore e taea e tātou te whakatika mēnā kāore tātou e aro atu ki a ia
Let the past be the past ’til it’s weightless
– Kia te mua te mua ‘ ki te te reira taimaha
Ooh, time goes by, and I lose perspective
– Ooh, ka haere te wā, ā, ka ngaro taku tirohanga
Yeah, hope only hurts, so I just forget it
– Ae, he mamae noa iho te tūmanako, nō reira ka wareware noa ahau
But you’re breaking through all the dark in me
– Engari kei te pakaru koe i roto i te pouri katoa i roto i ahau
When I thought that nobody could
– I taku whakaaro kaore he tangata e taea
And you’re waking up all these parts of me
– Na kei te ara ake koe i enei waahanga katoa o au
That I thought were buried for good
– I whakaaro ahau kua tanumia mo te pai
Between imposter and this monster
– I waenganui i te tinihanga me tēnei kararehe
I been lost inside my head
– Kua ngaro ahau i roto i toku mahunga
Ain’t no choice when all these voices
– Kāore he kōwhiringa ina ko ēnei reo katoa
Keep me pointing towards no end
– Kia mau ki ahau e tohu ana ki te kore mutunga
It’s just easy when I’m with you
– He ngāwari noa iho ina kei a koe ahau
No one sees me the way you do
– Kāore he tangata e kite i ahau i te ara e mahi ai koe
I don’t trust it, but I want to
– E kore ahau e whakawhirinaki i te reira, engari e hiahia ana ahau ki te
I keep coming back to
– Ka hoki tonu ahau ki
Why does it feel right every time I let you in?
– He aha te take i tika ai ia wā ka tukua koe e au ki roto?
Why does it feel like I can tell you anything?
– He aha te take ka taea e au te korero ki a koe?
We can’t fix it if we never face it
– Kāore e taea e tātou te whakatika mēnā kāore tātou e aro atu ki a ia
What if we find a way to escape it?
– He aha te mea ka kitea e tatou he ara ki te mawhiti i te reira?
We could be free
– Ka taea e tatou te koreutu
Free
– Koreutu
We can’t fix it if we never face it
– Kāore e taea e tātou te whakatika mēnā kāore tātou e aro atu ki a ia
Let the past be the past ’til it’s weightless
– Kia te mua te mua ‘ ki te te reira taimaha
Oh, so take my hand, it’s open
– Aue, kia mau ki toku ringa, he tuwhera
Free, free
– Koreutu, koreutu
What if we heal what’s broken?
– He aha te mea ka ora tatou he aha te pakaru?
Free, free
– Koreutu, koreutu
I tried to hide, but something broke
– I whakamatau ahau ki te huna, engari i pakaru tetahi mea
I couldn’t sing, but you give me hope
– Kāore au i taea te waiata, engari ka hoatu e koe he tūmanako ki ahau
We can’t fix it if we never face it
– Kāore e taea e tātou te whakatika mēnā kāore tātou e aro atu ki a ia
Let the past be the past ’til it’s weightless
– Kia te mua te mua ‘ ki te te reira taimaha
