Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Sunday mornings were your favorite
– Ata rātapu ko to koutou tino
I used to meet you down on Woods Creek Road
– I tūtaki au ki a koe i Te Huarahi O Woods Creek
You did your hair up like you were famous
– I mahi koe i ō makawe ki runga me te mea he rongonui koe
Even though it’s only church where we were goin’
– Ahakoa ko te hāhi anake i haere ai mātou
Now, Sunday mornings, I just sleep in
– Na, i te ata o te rātapu, ka moe noa ahau
It’s like I buried my faith with you
– He rite ki te mea i tanumia e ahau toku whakapono ki a koe
I’m screamin’ at a God, I don’t know if I believe in
– E karanga ana ahau ki te Atua, e kore ahau e mohio ki te whakapono ahau i roto i
‘Cause I don’t know what else I can do
– ‘No te mea e kore ahau e mohio he aha atu e taea e ahau te mahi
I’m still holdin’ on to everything that’s dead and gone
– Kei te mau tonu ahau ki nga mea katoa kua mate, kua ngaro
I don’t wanna say goodbye, ’cause this one means forever
– Kāore au e hiahia ki te poroporoaki, nā te mea ko te tikanga o tēnei mō ake tonu atu
Now you’re in the stars and six-feet’s never felt so far
– Na kei roto koe i ngā whetū, ā, kāore anō a six-feet kia tae mai ki tēnei wā
Here I am alone between the heavens and the embers
– I konei ko ahau anake i waenganui i te rangi me nga mura
Oh, it hurts so hard
– Aue, he tino mamae
For a million different reasons
– Mo te miriona nga take rereke
You took the best of my heart
– I tangohia e koe te pai o toku ngakau
And left the rest in pieces
– A mahue te toenga i roto i nga wahi
Diggin’ through your old birthday letters
– Te keri i roto i ō reta rā whānau tawhito
A crumpled 20 still in the box
– He 20 kua pakaru kei roto tonu i te pouaka
I don’t think that I could ever find a way to spend it
– Ki taku whakaaro kaore au i kitea he huarahi hei whakapau
Even if it’s the last 20 that I’ve got, oh
– Ahakoa ko te 20 whakamutunga kei a au, oh
I’m still holdin’ on to everything that’s dead and gone
– Kei te mau tonu ahau ki nga mea katoa kua mate, kua ngaro
I don’t wanna say goodbye, ’cause this one means forever
– Kāore au e hiahia ki te poroporoaki, nā te mea ko te tikanga o tēnei mō ake tonu atu
Now you’re in the stars and six-feet’s never felt so far
– Na kei roto koe i ngā whetū, ā, kāore anō a six-feet kia tae mai ki tēnei wā
Here I am alone between the heavens and the embers
– I konei ko ahau anake i waenganui i te rangi me nga mura
Oh, it hurts so hard
– Aue, he tino mamae
For a million different reasons
– Mo te miriona nga take rereke
You took the best of my heart
– I tangohia e koe te pai o toku ngakau
And left the rest in pieces
– A mahue te toenga i roto i nga wahi
I’m still holdin’ on
– Kei te mau tonu ahau
Holdin’ on, holdin’ on
– E mau ana, e mau ana
I’m still holdin’ on
– Kei te mau tonu ahau
Holdin’ on, holdin’ on
– E mau ana, e mau ana
I’m still holdin’ on
– Kei te mau tonu ahau
Holdin’ on
– E mau ana
I’m still holdin’ on
– Kei te mau tonu ahau
I’m still, ooh
– Kei te noho tonu ahau, ooh
Still holdin’ on
– Kei te mau tonu
I’m still holdin’ on to everything that’s dead and gone
– Kei te mau tonu ahau ki nga mea katoa kua mate, kua ngaro
I don’t wanna say goodbye ’cause this one means forever
– Kāore au e hiahia ki te poroporoaki, nā te mea ko te tikanga o tēnei mō ake tonu atu
Now you’re in the stars and six-feet’s never felt so far
– Na kei roto koe i ngā whetū, ā, kāore anō a six-feet kia tae mai ki tēnei wā
Here I am alone between the heavens and the embers
– I konei ko ahau anake i waenganui i te rangi me nga mura
Oh, it hurts so hard
– Aue, he tino mamae
For a million different reasons
– Mo te miriona nga take rereke
You took the best of my heart
– I tangohia e koe te pai o toku ngakau
Left the rest in pieces
– Waiho te toenga i roto i nga wahi
