Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Everybody dies, surprise, surprise
– Ka mate katoa, he ohorere, he ohorere
We tell each other lies, sometimes, we try
– Ka korero teka tātou ki a tātou anō, i ētahi wā, ka whakamātau tātou
To make it feel like we might be right
– Ki te hanga i te reira fe rite kia tatou tika
We might not be alone
– Kāore pea tātou i te noho mokemoke
Be alone
– Kia noho mokemoke
“Everybody dies”, that’s what they say
– “Ka mate katoa”, koina ta ratou e mea nei
And maybe in a couple hundred years
– A pea i roto i te rua rau tau
They’ll find another way
– Ka kitea e ratou tetahi atu huarahi
I just wonder why you’d wanna stay
– E miharo ana ahau he aha koe i hiahia ai ki te noho
If everybody goes
– Ki te haere katoa
You’d still be alone
– Ka noho mokemoke tonu koe
I don’t wanna cry, some days I do
– Kāore au e hiahia ana ki te tangi, i ētahi rā ka tangi au
But not about you
– Otiia e kore e pā ana ki a koutou
It’s just a lot to think about the world I’m used to
– He nui noa iho te whakaaro ki te ao e whakamahia ana e au
The one I can’t get back
– Ko te mea kaore e taea e au te hoki mai
At least not for a while
– I te iti rawa e kore mo te ia
I sure have a knack for seeing life more like a child
– He tino pūkenga ahau ki te kite i te ora he rite ake ki te tamaiti
It’s not my fault, it’s not so wrong to wonder why
– Ehara i te mea ko taku he, ehara i te mea he ki te miharo he aha
Everybody dies
– Ka mate katoa
And when will I?
– A, ahea ahau?
You oughta know
– Me mōhio koe
That even when it’s time
– Ahakoa te wā
You might not wanna go
– Kaore pea koe e hiahia ki te haere
But it’s okay to cry
– Engari he pai ki te tangi
And it’s alright to fold
– A he pai ki te takai
But you are not alone
– Engari ehara ko koe anake
You are not unknown
– Kāore koe i te mōhiotia
