Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
You hold me like flowers to your chest
– Ka mau koe ki ahau ano he puawai ki tou uma
Suffocate, yet still, I rest
– Ka mate, engari, ka okioki tonu ahau
You hurt me with malice again
– Ka whara anō koe i ahau ki te kino
Must have learned that trait from one of your friends
– Me kua ako e āhuatanga i tetahi o koutou hoa
It’s like you’re bad for me
– He rite ki te kino koe ki ahau
And I might just be the same
– A ko ahau pea te mea kotahi
I don’t know another way, so I let you
– Kāore au i te mōhio ki tētahi atu huarahi, nō reira ka tukua koe e au
I’d give you the reins (Oh-oh-oh)
– Ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe nga herenga (Oh-oh-oh)
It’s so easy with a pretty face (Oh-oh-oh)
– He tino ngawari ki te mata ataahua (Oh-oh-oh)
But I know in my heart what you are is a monster (Oh-ah-oh)
– Engari e mohio ana ahau i roto i toku ngakau he aha koe he taniwha (Oh-ah-oh)
And we can’t be together, a shame (Oh-oh-oh)
– A kaore e taea e tatou te noho tahi, he whakama (Oh-oh-oh)
So what you gonna do?
– Na he aha e meatia e koe?
You can cut me with your words, you can keep my thrifted shirt
– Ka taea e koe te tarai i ahau me o kupu, ka taea e koe te pupuri i taku koti thrifted
You can keep all of our friends since at least I know my worth
– Ka taea e koe te pupuri i o hoa katoa mai i te iti rawa e mohio ana ahau ki taku utu
Even if you were my world, I’ll just numb myself with work
– Ahakoa ko koe taku ao, ka whakaiti noa ahau i ahau ki te mahi
And if this is all I have, then I know I’ll be okay
– A, ki te mea koinei anake taku, ka mohio ahau ka pai ahau
Rather die and be alone than to love and be in pain
– Engari ka mate ka noho mokemoke kaua ki te aroha ki te mamae
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Rather die and be alone than to love and be in pain)
– Oh-oh – oh, oh-oh-oh (Kaua e mate, kia noho mokemoke, kaua ki te aroha me te mamae)
Oh-ah-oh, oh-oh-oh
– Aue-aue-aue, aue-aue-aue
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Rather die and be alone than to love and be in pain)
– Oh-oh – oh, oh-oh-oh (Kaua e mate, kia noho mokemoke, kaua ki te aroha me te mamae)
Oh-ah-oh, oh-oh-oh
– Aue-aue-aue, aue-aue-aue
One day, I’ll look down, and I’ll dance on top your grave one last time
– I tētahi rā, ka titiro ahau ki raro, ā, ka kanikani au i runga i tō urupa mō te wā whakamutunga
And I’ll whisper that I slept with your sister
– A ka whisper ahau e moe ahau ki tou tuahine
(Hahaha)
– (Hahaha)
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-ah-oh, oh-oh-oh
– Aue-aue-aue, aue-aue-aue
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-ah-oh, oh-oh-oh
– Aue-aue-aue, aue-aue-aue
