Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
– Ka tu tonu ahau ki reira, ka mātakitaki i ahau e tahu ana?
Well, that’s alright because I like the way it hurts
– Well, e te pai no te mea rite ahau te ara mamae te reira
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
– Ka tu tonu ahau ki reira, ka rongo i ahau e tangi ana?
Well, that’s alright because I love the way you lie
– Well, e te pai no te mea aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
I love the way you lie
– Aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
I can’t tell you what it really is
– Kaore e taea e au te korero ki a koe he aha te mea pono
I can only tell you what it feels like
– Ka taea e au anake te korero ki a koe he aha te ahua
And right now, there’s a steel knife in my windpipe
– A, i tēnei wā, he maripi maitai kei roto i taku putorino hau
I can’t breathe, but I still fight while I can fight
– Kāore e taea e au te manawa, engari ka whawhai tonu ahau i te wā e taea ana e au te whawhai
As long as the wrong feels right, it’s like I’m in flight
– I te mea e tika ana te hē, me te mea kei te rere ahau
High off her love, drunk from her hate
– I runga i tona aroha, haurangi i tona mauahara
It’s like I’m huffin’ paint, and I love her the more I suffer, I suffocate
– He rite ki te huffin’ paint ahau, a ka aroha ahau ki a ia i te nui ake o taku mamae, ka mate ahau
And right before I’m about to drown, she resuscitates me
– A, i mua tonu I taku horomia, ka whakaorangia ahau e ia
She f- hates me, and I love it
– E kino ana ia ki ahau, e aroha ana hoki ahau ki a ia
“Wait! Where you going?” “I’m leaving you”
– “Taria! Kei te haere koe ki hea?”Kei te whakarere ahau i a koe”
“No, you ain’t, come back”
– “Kāore, kāore koe, hoki mai”
We’re running right back, here we go again
– E rere ana mātou ki muri, kei konei anō mātou
It’s so insane ’cause when it’s going good, it’s going great
– He tino haurangi ,nā te mea ka pai, ka pai
I’m Superman with the wind at his back, she’s Lois Lane
– Ko Superman ahau me te hau i muri i a Ia, ko Lois lane ia
But when it’s bad, it’s awful
– Engari ina kino, he kino
I feel so ashamed, I snapped, “Who’s that dude?”
– He tino whakama ahau, ka mea ahau, “Ko Wai te tangata?”
I don’t even know his name
– Kāore au i te mōhio ki tōna ingoa
I laid hands on her, I’ll never stoop so low again
– I whakapakia e ahau ona ringa ki runga ki a ia, e kore ahau e piko kia iti ano
I guess I don’t know my own strength
– Ki taku whakaaro kaore au I te mohio ki taku ake kaha
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
– Ka tu tonu ahau ki reira, ka mātakitaki i ahau e tahu ana?
Well, that’s alright because I like the way it hurts
– Well, e te pai no te mea rite ahau te ara mamae te reira
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
– Ka tu tonu ahau ki reira, ka rongo i ahau e tangi ana?
Well, that’s alright because I love the way you lie
– Well, e te pai no te mea aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
I love the way you lie
– Aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
I love the way you lie
– Aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
You ever loved somebody so much
– I aroha koe ki tētahi
You can barely breathe when you’re with ’em?
– Ka taea e koe te manawa i te wā e noho ana koe ki a rātou?
You meet and neither one of you even know what hit ’em
– Ka tutaki koe, ā, kāore tētahi o koutou i te mōhio he aha te mea i pā ki a rātou
Got that warm fuzzy feelin’, yeah, them chills, used to get ’em
– Ka taua mahana fuzzy feelin’, ae, ratou wiri, whakamahia ki te tiki ’em
Now you’re gettin’ f- sick of lookin’ at ’em?
– Na kei te mate koe i te titiro ki a rātou?
You swore you’d never hit ’em, never do nothin’ to hurt ’em
– I oati koe e kore koe e patu i a rātou, kaua rawa e mahi i tētahi mea hei whara i a rātou
Now you’re in each other’s face, spewin’ venom in your words when you spit ’em
– Na kei te mata o tētahi ki tētahi, e pupuhi ana i te paitini i roto i ō kupu ina tuwhaina e koe
You push, pull each other’s hair, scratch, claw, bit ’em
– Ka pana koe, ka kumea ngā makawe o tētahi, ka tarai, ka kuku, ka haukāngia
Throw ’em down, pin ’em
– Maka ’em ki raro, titi ’em
So lost in them moments when you’re in ’em
– Na ngaro i roto i a ratou taime, no te e koe i roto i ’em
It’s the rage that took over, it controls you both
– Ko te riri i riro i a ia, e whakahaere ana i a koe
So they say you’re best to go your separate ways
– Na ka mea ratou kei te pai koe ki te haere i o ara motuhake
Guess that they don’t know you ’cause today, that was yesterday
– A feruri na e kore ratou e mohio ki a koutou ‘take i teie mahana, e ko inanahi
Yesterday is over, it’s a different day
– Inanahi kua mutu, he ra rereke
Sound like broken records playin’ over, but you promised her
– He rite ki te whakatangi a broken records, engari i oati koe ki a ia
Next time, you’ll show restraint
– Next time, ka whakaatu koe i te manawanui
You don’t get another chance
– Kaore koe e whiwhi i tetahi atu tupono
Life is no Nintendo game, but you lied again
– Ehara te ora i te kēmu Nintendo, engari i teka anō koe
Now you get to watch her leave out the window
– Na ka kite koe i a ia e puta ana i te matapihi
Guess that’s why they call it windowpane
– Koia i huaina ai e rātou ko windowpane
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
– Ka tu tonu ahau ki reira, ka mātakitaki i ahau e tahu ana?
Well, that’s alright because I like the way it hurts
– Well, e te pai no te mea rite ahau te ara mamae te reira
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
– Ka tu tonu ahau ki reira, ka rongo i ahau e tangi ana?
Well, that’s alright because I love the way you lie
– Well, e te pai no te mea aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
I love the way you lie
– Aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
I love the way you lie
– Aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
Now I know we said things, did things that we didn’t mean
– Na, e mohio ana ahau i mea matou i nga mea, i mahi i nga mea kaore i te tikanga
Then we fall back into the same patterns, same routine
– Kātahi ka hoki anō tātou ki ngā tauira ōrite, ki ngā tikanga ōrite
But your temper’s just as bad as mine is
– Engari he kino tonu to riri ki taku
You’re the same as me, when it comes to love, you’re just as blinded
– He rite tonu koe ki ahau, ina tae mai ki te aroha, he matapo tonu koe
Baby, please come back, it wasn’t you, baby, it was me
– E te tamaiti, hoki mai, ehara i a koe, e te tamaiti, ko au
Maybe our relationship isn’t as crazy as it seems
– Mahalo ko to tatou hononga e kore e rite haurangi rite te mea te reira
Maybe that’s what happens when a tornado meets a volcano
– Tērā pea ko te mea tērā ka tupu ina tutaki tētahi hau ki tētahi puia
All I know is I love you too much to walk away, though
– Ko te mea anake e mohio ana ahau he nui rawa taku aroha ki a koe kia haere atu, ahakoa
Come inside, pick up your bags off the sidewalk
– Haere mai ki roto, tangohia ō peke i te taha o te huarahi
Don’t you hear sincerity in my voice when I talk?
– E kore koe e rongo i te pono i roto i toku reo, ina korero ahau?
Told you this is my fault, look me in the eyeball
– Ka mea atu ki a koe ko taku he tenei, titiro mai ki ahau i roto i te karu kanohi
Next time I’m p-, I’ll aim my fist at the drywall
– I muri mai ko ahau p -, ka aro atu ahau ki taku ringa ki te drywall
“Next time? There won’t be no next time”
– “I te wā e whai ake nei? Kāore he wā e whai ake nei”
I apologize, even though I know it’s lies
– Ka mihi ahau, ahakoa e mohio ana ahau he teka
I’m tired of the games, I just want her back
– Kua ngenge ahau i ngā kēmu, e hiahia ana ahau kia hoki mai ia
I know I’m a liar, if she ever tries to f- leave again
– E mohio ana ahau he tangata teka ahau, ki te whakamatau ia ki te wehe atu ano
I’ma tie her to the bed and set this house on fire
– Ka herea ia e ahau ki te moenga, ka tahuna tēnei whare
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
– Ka tu tonu ahau ki reira, ka mātakitaki i ahau e tahu ana?
Well, that’s alright because I like the way it hurts
– Well, e te pai no te mea rite ahau te ara mamae te reira
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
– Ka tu tonu ahau ki reira, ka rongo i ahau e tangi ana?
Well, that’s alright, because I love the way you lie
– Well, e te pai, no te mea aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
I love the way you lie
– Aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
I love the way you lie
– Aroha ana ahau ki te ara teka koe
