Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Now and then I think of when we were together
– Na a ka whakaaro ahau o ka i tahi tatou
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
– Ka rite ki ka mea koe ua koe na hari taea e koe te mate
Told myself that you were right for me
– I ki atu matou ki a koe he tika koe mo au
But felt so lonely in your company
– Engari ua na mokemoke i roto i to koutou kamupene
But that was love, and it’s an ache I still remember
– Engari ko te aroha, a ko te mamae kei te mahara tonu ahau
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
– Ka taea e koe te tiki i tetahi ahua o te pouri
Like resignation to the end, always the end
– Ka rite ki te rīhainatanga ki te mutunga, i nga wa katoa te mutunga
So when we found that we could not make sense
– Na ka kitea e matou e kore e taea e matou te hanga tikanga
Well, you said that we would still be friends
– Well, ka mea koutou e tonu e tatou hoa
But I’ll admit that I was glad it was over
– Engari ka whakaae ahau kei te koa ahau kei runga
But you didn’t have to cut me off
– Otiia kihai koe i whai ki te hatepea atu i ahau
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
– Hanga i roto i rite kore te reira tupu me e ko matou tetahi mea
And I don’t even need your love
– Na e kore ahau e hiahia noa to koutou aroha
But you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough
– Ko hamani koe ki ahau, ano he tangata ke, me e mana’o na taratara
No, you didn’t have to stoop so low
– No, kihai koe i whai ki te piko kia iti
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
– A ani i to outou hoa kohikohi koutou pūkete a ka huri i tō tau
I guess that I don’t need that, though
– Te mana’o nei au e kore ahau e hiahia ana e, ahakoa
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
– Ko koe anake te tangata e mohio ana ahau ki
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
– Ko koe anake te tangata e mohio ana ahau ki
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
– Ko koe anake te tangata e mohio ana ahau ki
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
– Na a ka whakaaro ahau o nga wa katoa wiria koe ki ahau i runga i
But had me believing it was always something that I’d done
– Engari i whakapono ahau ko te mea tonu i mahia e au
And I don’t wanna live that way
– Kāore au i te pīrangi i tērā ara
Reading into every word you say
– Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
– I ki atu ahau ka taea e koe te tuku
And I wouldn’t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
– A e kore ahau e pai ki te hopu i a koe whakairihia ake i runga i tetahi e whakamahia ana e koe ki te mohio
But you didn’t have to cut me off
– Otiia kihai koe i whai ki te hatepea atu i ahau
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing (aah-ooh)
– Hanga i roto i rite kore te reira tupu me i kahore tatou (aah-ooh)
And I don’t even need your love (ooh)
– Kaore ano ahau kia tutaki ki a koe, e taku tane (s.).
But you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough (aah)
– Ko hamani koe ki ahau, ano he tangata ke, me e mana’o na taratara (aah)
No, you didn’t have to stoop so low (ooh)
– Kaore, kaore koe i piko kia iti (ooh)
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number (aah)
– A ani i to outou hoa kohikohi koutou pūkete, me te ka huri i tō tau (aah)
I guess that I don’t need that, though
– Te mana’o nei au e kore ahau e hiahia ana e, ahakoa
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
– Ko koe anake te tangata e mohio ana ahau ki
Somebody (I used to know)
– Tetahi (kia mohio ki ahau)
Somebody (now you’re just somebody that I used to know)
– Ko koe anake te tangata e mohio ana ki ahau (i’m just someone else to know)
Somebody (I used to know)
– Tetahi (kia mohio ki ahau)
Somebody (now you’re just somebody that I used to know)
– Ko koe anake te tangata e mohio ana ki ahau (i’m just someone else to know)
I used to know
– I knew that
That I used to know
– I knew That
I used to know
– I knew that
Somebody
– Tētahi
