Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I don’t know what I was thinking
– Kāore au i te mōhio he aha taku whakaaro
Reaching out beyond my grasp
– Te toro atu ki tua atu i taku hopu
Lifting up these wings to try to take to the sky
– Ka ara ake ēnei parirau ki te whakamātau ki te eke ki te rangi
As if I wasn’t tied to this fifty-ton past
– Me te mea kaore au i herea ki tenei rima tekau-tauna o mua
Don’t know what I thought would happen
– Kaua e mohio ki taku i whakaaro ai ka tupu
I don’t know who I thought I was
– Kaore au I te mohio ko wai taku i whakaaro ai
I get going when I see so much open space in front of me
– Ka haere ahau ina kite ahau i te nui o te wāhi tuwhera i mua i ahau
But I don’t get too far because
– Engari e kore ahau e haere tawhiti rawa no te mea
The tether pulls me back
– Ka toia ahau e te taura
The tether pulls me back
– Ka toia ahau e te taura
The tether pulls me back
– Ka toia ahau e te taura
The tether always pulls me back
– Ka toia ahau e te taura
I thought I should let you know that
– I whakaaro ahau me whakamōhio atu ahau ki a koe
You’ll be seeing me around
– Ka kite koe i ahau a tawhio noa
Trying to let go of anything I might be dragging with me
– E ngana ana ki te tuku i tetahi mea e toia ana e au ki ahau
As I make my way back down
– I a au e hoki ana ki raro
And for a little while I had a little leeway
– A mo te wa poto i ahau he iti leeway
I took my time like taking a drug
– I tangohia e ahau toku wa ano he tango i te tarukino
Running wild pretending I didn’t know that I was always heading
– E rere ana i te mohoao e mea ana kāore au i te mōhio kei te haere tonu ahau
For the moment when I’d feel the tug
– I te wā e rongo ana ahau i te toia
The tether pulling me back
– Ko te tether e toia ana ahau ki muri
The tether pulling me back
– Ko te tether e toia ana ahau ki muri
The tether pulls me back
– Ka toia ahau e te taura
The tether always pulls me back
– Ka toia ahau e te taura
I can feel it now
– Ka taea e au teel i tēnei wā
I can feel it even now
– Ka taea e au te whakaaro inaianei
I can feel it now
– Ka taea e au teel i tēnei wā
I can feel it even now
– Ka taea e au te whakaaro inaianei
