Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
This room could be haunted, a vision to the blind
– Ka taea te whakawehi i tēnei ruma, he tirohanga ki te matapo
Wishing sleep held me in her arms forever
– Ko te hiahia kia moe ahau i roto i ona ringa ake ake
Shadows dance around, perfectly blurring up the lines
– Ka kanikani nga atarangi, ka tino whakapohehe i nga raina
Hallucinations start to intertwine
– Ka tīmata te honohono o ngā whakaaro
I open my eyes
– Ka whakatuwherahia e au oku kanohi
Her face lingers on the walls
– Ka noho tōna mata ki runga i ngā pakitara
She’s stuck on rewind in my mind
– Kua mau ia ki te hurihuri i roto i toku hinengaro
I try to move on, but the past won’t leave my bed
– Ka ngana ahau ki te neke atu, engari kaore nga mea o mua e waiho i taku moenga
I hear it all the time like the wind between the chimes
– Ka rongo ahau i te reira i nga wa katoa rite te hau i waenganui i nga karaka
Holding on to what we had together
– Kia mau tonu ki ta mātau i noho tahi ai
A single note of my persistent hopeless lullabies
– He tohu kotahi o aku waiata moe kore tumanako
I know that I can’t sleep forever
– E mohio ana ahau e kore e taea e ahau te moe ake ake
I open my eyes
– Ka whakatuwherahia e au oku kanohi
Her face lingers on the walls
– Ka noho tōna mata ki runga i ngā pakitara
She’s stuck on rewind in my mind
– Kua mau ia ki te hurihuri i roto i toku hinengaro
I try to move on, but the past won’t leave my bed
– Ka ngana ahau ki te neke atu, engari kaore nga mea o mua e waiho i taku moenga
I open my eyes
– Ka whakatuwherahia e au oku kanohi
Her face lingers on the walls
– Ka noho tōna mata ki runga i ngā pakitara
She’s stuck on rewind in my mind
– Kua mau ia ki te hurihuri i roto i toku hinengaro
I try to move on, but the past won’t leave my bed
– Ka ngana ahau ki te neke atu, engari kaore nga mea o mua e waiho i taku moenga
