Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I’m scared to meet you ’cause then I might know you
– E mataku ana ahau ki te whakatau i a koe, nā te mea ka mōhio pea ahau ki a koe
And then once I know you, I might fall in love
– A, ka mohio ahau ki a koe, ka aroha pea ahau
And once I’m in love, then my heart is wide open
– A, i te wa e aroha ana ahau, ka tuwhera taku ngakau
For you to walk in, drop a bomb, blow it up
– Kia haere koe ki roto, maka he poma, pupuhi
So why love anything, anything, anything at all?
– Na he aha te aroha ki tetahi mea, ki tetahi mea, ki tetahi mea?
Why love anything at all?
– He aha te aroha ki tetahi mea?
If the higher I fly is the further I fall
– Ki te mea ko te teitei ake o taku rere ko te nui ake o taku hinga
Then why love anything at all?
– Na he aha te aroha i tetahi mea i te katoa?
Stressed and strung out about things that could happen
– He mea whakahihiko, he mea whakahihiko hoki mo nga mea ka taea te tupu
And I could move mountains with the worryin’ I’ve done
– A ka taea e au te neke maunga me te manukanuka kua oti I ahau
So I called my father and he started laughing
– Na ka karanga ahau ki toku papa a ka timata ia ki te kata
He said, “You think it’s bad now? Wait ’til you have a son”
– Ka mea ia, ” Ki To whakaaro he kino inaianei? Taria ‘ ki te whai koe i te tama”
So why love anything, anything, anything at all?
– Na he aha te aroha ki tetahi mea, ki tetahi mea, ki tetahi mea?
Why love anything at all?
– He aha te aroha ki tetahi mea?
If the higher I fly is the further I fall
– Ki te mea ko te teitei ake o taku rere ko te nui ake o taku hinga
Then why love anything at all? (Oh)
– Na he aha te aroha i tetahi mea i te katoa? (Oh)
Why love? (Why love?)
– He aha te aroha? (He aha te aroha?)
Why love? Why love? Why love? (Why love?)
– He aha te aroha? He aha te aroha? He aha te aroha? (He aha te aroha?)
Why love? Why love? Why love? (Why love?)
– He aha te aroha? He aha te aroha? He aha te aroha? (He aha te aroha?)
Anything at all? (Anything at all?)
– Tetahi mea i te katoa? (He aha te mea?)
If the higher I fly is the further I fall
– Ki te mea ko te teitei ake o taku rere ko te nui ake o taku hinga
Why love anything, anything, anything at all?
– He aha te aroha ki tetahi mea, ki tetahi mea, ki tetahi mea?
Why love anything at all?
– He aha te aroha ki tetahi mea?
If the higher I fly is the further I fall
– Ki te mea ko te teitei ake o taku rere ko te nui ake o taku hinga
Why love (Why love)
– He aha te aroha (He aha te aroha)
Anything at all?
– Tetahi mea i te katoa?
