Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
They’re cutting her up on the operating table, but it wasn’t enough
– Ka tapahia e rātau ki runga i te tēpu whakahaere, engari kāore i ranea
The front desk pages, it’s a call for the ages
– Ko ngā whārangi o te tēpu o mua, he karanga mō ngā tau
They couldn’t save her, they couldn’t save her
– Kāore i taea e rātau te whakaora i a ia, kāore i taea e rātau te whakaora i a ia
The surgeon said, “She had a hole in her heart
– Ka mea te taote, ” He poka I roto i tona ngakau
But it wasn’t her fault, it was there from the start”
– Engari ehara i te mea ko tana he, i reira mai i te timatanga”
Trying to love you through an open wound
– E ngana ana ki te aroha ki a koe i roto i te whara tuwhera
‘Cause everything I put inside there just fell right through
– ‘Na te mea i taka katoa nga mea i hoatu e ahau ki roto i reira tika i roto i
And I hold the parts together with some pressure and glue
– A ka mau ahau i nga wahi tahi ki etahi pēhanga me te kāpia
And you’re running in slow-mo to the hospital room
– A kei te rere koe i roto i te puhoi-mo ki te ruma hōhipera
If you only knew
– Ki te mohio anake koe
How bad it hurt me too
– He aha te kino i whara ai hoki ahau
So now you can take the money, you can get on a plane
– Na inaianei ka taea e koe te tango i te moni, ka taea e koe te tiki i runga i te rererangi
To a beautiful island, build a house in my name
– Ki te motu ataahua, hanga he whare i runga i toku ingoa
You can donate all the money to somebody in pain
– Ka taea e koe te tuku moni katoa ki tētahi e mamae ana
And you can rest your head down and not feel any shame
– A ka taea e koe te okioki i to mahunga ki raro me te kore e fe i tetahi whakama
I never loved you
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe
I never loved you
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe
I never loved you in vain
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe i te kore
They’re sewing me shut
– E tuitui ana rātou i ahau
Opening the doors and then removing their gloves
– Te whakatuwhera i nga tatau me te tango i o raatau karapu
Taking the long way to the end of the hallway
– Haere i te ara roa ki te mutunga o te kōwae
They couldn’t save her, they couldn’t save her
– Kāore i taea e rātau te whakaora i a ia, kāore i taea e rātau te whakaora i a ia
You told the nurses that we argued a lot
– I korerotia e koe ki nga nēhi he nui ta mātou tautohetohe
And you’re rambling on about the last time we fought
– A kei te haereere koe i te wā whakamutunga i whawhai ai mātou
You drove off screaming on the night you were caught
– I rere atu koe i te hamama i te pō i hopukina ai koe
You left me standing in the parking lot
– I mahue koe i ahau e tu ana i te papa waka
I took off chasing you down Route 22
– I rere atu ahau i te whai i a koe I Te Huarahi 22
‘Cause you never listen and I’m terrible too
– ‘No te mea e kore koe e whakarongo, a he kino rawa ahau
You kept on driving far away from the issues
– I haere tonu koe i tawhiti atu i ngā take
If you stopped, I would’ve kissed you
– Ki te mutu koe, kua kihi ahau i a koe
So now you can take the money, you can get on a plane
– Na inaianei ka taea e koe te tango i te moni, ka taea e koe te tiki i runga i te rererangi
To a beautiful island, build a house in my name
– Ki te motu ataahua, hanga he whare i runga i toku ingoa
You can donate all the money to somebody in pain
– Ka taea e koe te tuku moni katoa ki tētahi e mamae ana
And you can rest your head down and not feel any shame
– A ka taea e koe te okioki i to mahunga ki raro me te kore e fe i tetahi whakama
I never loved you
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe
I never loved you
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe
I never loved you in vain
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe i te kore
Flash of light, heat of fire
– Te mura o te marama, te wera o te ahi
Head on concrete and the screeching of tires
– Upoko i runga i te raima me te screeching o potae
Sound of sirens, rush of pain
– Te tangi o ngā pūoho, te rere o te mamae
I almost thought I heard you call my name
– I whakaaro ahau kua rongo ahau i a koe e karanga ana i toku ingoa
So now you can take the money, you can get on a plane
– Na inaianei ka taea e koe te tango i te moni, ka taea e koe te tiki i runga i te rererangi
To a beautiful island, build a house in my name
– Ki te motu ataahua, hanga he whare i runga i toku ingoa
You can donate all the money to somebody in pain
– Ka taea e koe te tuku moni katoa ki tētahi e mamae ana
And you can rest your head down and not feel any shame
– A ka taea e koe te okioki i to mahunga ki raro me te kore e fe i tetahi whakama
I never loved you
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe
I never loved you
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe
I never loved you in vain
– Kāre au i aroha ki a koe i te kore
