Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Who’s gonna stop us from waltzing back into rekindled flames
– Ko wai ka aukati i a mātau ki te hoki ki roto i ngā mura ahi
If we know the steps anyway?
– Ki te mohio tatou ki nga kaupae tonu?
We embroidered the memories of the time I was away
– I whakairihia e mātou ngā maharatanga o te wā i wehe atu ai ahau
Stitching, “We were just kids, babe”
– Te tuitui, ” He tamariki noa Iho Mātou, babe”
I said, “I don’t mind, it takes time”
– Ka mea ahau, “e kore ahau e mahara, e te reira te wa”
I thought I was better safe than starry-eyed
– I whakaaro ahau he pai ake taku haumaru i te starry-eyed
I felt aglow like this
– I rite ahau ki tenei
Never before and never since
– Kāre i mua kāore anō hoki i muri mai
If you know it in one glimpse, it’s legendary
– Ki te mohio koe i te reira i roto i te kotahi kite, te reira rongonui
You and I go from one kiss to getting married
– Haere koe me ahau i tetahi kihi ki te whiwhi faaipoipo
Still alive, killing time at the cemetery
– E ora tonu ana, e patu ana i te wā i te urupa
Never quite buried
– Kāore i tino tanumia
In your suit and tie, in the nick of time
– I roto i to koutou kakahu, me te here, i roto i te nick o te wā
You low-down boy, you stand-up guy
– E te tamaiti iti, e te tangata tu-ake
You Holy Ghost, you told me I’m the love of your life
– E Te Wairua Tapu, i mea mai koe ki ahau ko ahau te aroha o tou ora
You said I’m the love of your life
– Ka mea koe ko ahau te aroha o tou ora
About a million times
– Tata ki te miriona nga wa
Who’s gonna tell me the truth when you blew in with the winds of fate
– Ko wai ka korero i te pono ki ahau ina pupuhi koe ki nga hau o te wawata
And told me I reformed you?
– Na ka mea mai ki ahau kua whakahoutia koe e ahau?
When your impressionist paintings of heaven turned out to be fakes
– I te wā i kitea ai he mea tinihanga ō pikitia o te rangi
Well, you took me to hell too
– Well, ka mau koe ki ahau ki te reinga rawa
And all at once, the ink bleeds
– A, i te wa kotahi, ka toto te waituhi
A con man sells a fool a get-love-quick scheme
– Ka hokona e te tangata tinihanga he wairangi he kaupapa aroha-tere
But I’ve felt a hole like this
– Engari kua fel ahau i tētahi poka pēnei
Never before and ever since
– Kāre i mua, ā, mai i taua wā
If you know it in one glimpse, it’s legendary
– Ki te mohio koe i te reira i roto i te kotahi kite, te reira rongonui
What we thought was for all time was momentary
– Ko tā mātou i whakaaro ai mō ngā wā katoa he mea poto noa iho
Still alive, killing time at the cemetery
– E ora tonu ana, e patu ana i te wā i te urupa
Never quite buried
– Kāore i tino tanumia
You cinephile in black and white
– Koe cinephile i roto i te pango me te ma
All those plot twists and dynamite
– Ko aua hurihanga katoa o te kaupapa me te pūkaha
Mr. Steal Your Girl, then make her cry
– Ka Tahae A Mr. i Tō Kōtiro, kātahi ka tangi
You said I’m the love of your life
– Ka mea koe ko ahau te aroha o tou ora
You shit-talked me under the table
– I kōrero mai koe ki ahau i raro i te tēpu
Talkin’ rings and talkin’ cradles
– Ngā ringa kōrero me ngā kōhanga kōrero
I wish I could un-recall
– Ko taku hiahia kia kore au e mahara
How we almost had it all
– He pēhea te āhua o te katoa
Dancing phantoms on the terrace
– Ngā pūoro kanikani i runga i te papa
Are they second-hand embarrassed
– E whakama ana rānei rātau
That I can’t get out of bed
– E kore e taea e ahau te haere atu i te moenga
‘Cause something counterfeit’s dead?
– ‘Na te mea kua mate tetahi mea tinihanga?
It was legendary
– He kōrero
It was momentary
– He mea poto noa iho
It was unnecessary
– He mea kore
Should’ve let it stay buried
– Me waiho kia tanumia
Oh, what a valiant roar
– Aue, he aha te hamama toa
What a bland goodbye
– He aha te poroporoaki maeneene
The coward claimed he was a lion
– I kī te pōhēhē he raiona ia
I’m combing through the braids of lies
– Kei te tarai ahau i nga korero teka
“I’ll never leave,” “Never mind”
– “E kore ahau e haere,” ” Never mind”
Our field of dreams engulfed in fire
– Ko tā mātou mara moemoea i horomia e te ahi
Your arson’s match, your somber eyes
– Ko te whakataetae o tō pū, ko ō kanohi pouri
And I’ll still see it until I die
– A ka kite tonu ahau i a ia kia mate ra ano ahau
You’re the loss of my life
– Ko koe te mate o toku ora
