Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
We see you standing on the highway
– Ka kite mātou i a koe e tū ana i runga i te huarahi nui
Waiting for the attention you don’t deserve
– Te tatari mo te aro kaore koe e tika
Why didn’t you take your
– He aha koe i kore ai e tango i a koe
(Paint me a gun, my love) Why didn’t you take your
– (Paint me a gun, my love) He aha koe i kore ai e tango i a koe
(And pull the trigger on me, baby) Photographs with you?
– (Me te pana i te pātene ki runga ki ahau, baby) Whakaahua ki a koutou?
(Blow me away)
– (Whakapaia ahau)
Look at everyone else you’re killing with you
– Titiro ki nga tangata katoa e patu ana koe ki a koe
Look at everyone else you’re killing with you
– Titiro ki nga tangata katoa e patu ana koe ki a koe
Stand there in your suit and think this through
– Tu i reira i roto i to koutou kakahu, me te whakaaro i tenei i roto i
Use your gun to be a memory
– Whakamahia tō pū hei mahara
It’s time to be honesty
– Kua tae ki te wā kia pono
She said, “walk through the rain”
– Ka mea ia, ” haere i roto i te ua”
And there’s a pulse, but not even a murderous photo
– A he uaua, engari ehara i te whakaahua kohuru
Think about being the hero
– Whakaarohia te toa
Think about being the legend
– Whakaarohia te pakiwaitara
Another one that went and forgot to return
– Ko tētahi atu i haere, i wareware ki te hoki mai
Dining at a table for two, forget the expenses
– Kai i te tepu mo te rua, wareware i te utu
We see you standing on the highway
– Ka kite mātou i a koe e tū ana i runga i te huarahi nui
Waiting for the attention you don’t deserve
– Te tatari mo te aro kaore koe e tika
Why didn’t you take your
– He aha koe i kore ai e tango i a koe
(Paint me a gun, my love) Why didn’t you take your
– (Paint me a gun, my love) He aha koe i kore ai e tango i a koe
(And pull the trigger on me, baby) Photographs with you?
– (Me te pana i te pātene ki runga ki ahau, baby) Whakaahua ki a koutou?
(Blow me away)
– (Whakapaia ahau)
Better pack your tears into a suitcase
– Pai mōkihi koutou roimata ki te kete
And run away with my heart
– Ka rere atu ki toku ngakau
Better pack your tears into a suitcase
– Pai mōkihi koutou roimata ki te kete
And run away with my heart
– Ka rere atu ki toku ngakau
And I don’t ever want to wake up
– A kaore au e hiahia ki teake ake
That bottle is no good anymore, no
– Kāore he pai o taua pounamu, kāore
It’s shattered, forgive me, it’s shattered, forgive me
– Kua pakaru, murua ahau, kua pakaru, murua ahau
It’s shattered, forgive me
– Kua pakaru, murua ahau
I’d like to fade away, wipe me from your diary
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te ngaro atu, horoia ahau i tou pukapuka
Because right now I bet you feel so alive, so alive
– No te mea i tēnei wā e peti ana ahau kei te ora tonu koe, kei te ora tonu
“But the ghost of me, it needs to die”
– “Ko te wairua o ahau, me mate”
Well, I’m not trying to stop you, sir
– Kaore au e ngana ki te aukati i a koe, e te rangatira
“But the ghost of me, it needs to die”
– “Ko te wairua o ahau, me mate”
Well, I’m not gonna stop you, sir
– Well, e kore ahau e mutu koe, e te ariki
It’s just that we need everyone here
– Ko te tika e hiahia ana tatou katoa i konei
It’s just that we need everyone here
– Ko te tika e hiahia ana tatou katoa i konei
Accounted for
– Ka whakaarohia
Everyone here accounted for
– Ko te katoa i konei i whakaarohia
