Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Gliding through on my bike, gliding through
– E rere ana i runga i taku pahikara, e rere ana i roto
Like new from my recent ego death
– Ka rite ki te new from my recent ego death
Sirens sing overnight, violent, sweet music
– Ka waiata ngā pūoro i te pō kotahi, i te waiata nanakia, i te waiata reka
You met me at a really strange time in my life
– I tūtaki koe ki ahau i tētahi wā tino rerekē i roto i toku ora
Take my knife and I cut the cord
– Tangohia taku maripi, ka tapahia e ahau te taura
My babe can’t believe I’ve become someone else
– Kāore e taea e taku pēpi te whakapono kua riro ahau hei tangata kē
Someone more like myself
– Tētahi atu rite ahau
Who’s gon’ love me like this?
– Ko wai ka ‘ aroha mai ki ahau pēnei?
Oh, who could give me lightness
– Aue, ko wai e taea te hoatu i te marama ki ahau
Let it flow down to me?
– Kia rere ki raro ki ahau?
Love me like this
– Aroha mai ki ahau penei
Now I’m broken open?
– Na kua pakaru ahau?
Uh-uh
– Ko te Uh-uh
Now I go ’bout my day, riding it like a wave
– Na ka haere ahau ’bout toku ra, eke i te reira rite te ngaru
Playing it any way I want
– Te tākaro i te reira i tetahi ara e hiahia ana ahau
Swish mouthwash, jerk off
– Te horoi waha o te Swish, te peke atu
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh
– Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh
Days go by in a haze, stay up and sleep late
– Ka pahemo ngā rā i roto i te pōuri, ka noho ki runga, ka moe roa
Who’s gon’ love me like this?
– Ko wai ka ‘ aroha mai ki ahau pēnei?
Oh, who could give me lightness
– Aue, ko wai e taea te hoatu i te marama ki ahau
Way he flow down through me?
– E rere ana ia ki raro i roto i ahau?
Love me like this
– Aroha mai ki ahau penei
Now I’m broken open?
– Na kua pakaru ahau?
Let’s hear it for the man of the year, uh-uh
– Kia rongo tatou mo te tangata o te tau, uh-uh
Hear it for the man of the year, uh-uh
– Whakarongo ki te tangata o te tau, uh-uh
How I hope that I’m remembered, my
– Me pēhea taku tūmanako e maumahara ana ahau, e
Gold chain, my shoulders, my face in the light, oh
– He mekameka koura, ko oku pokohiwi, ko toku mata i te marama, aue
I didn’t think he’d appear
– Ki taku whakaaro kaore ia e puta
Let’s hear it for the man of the year
– Kia rongo tātou mō te tangata o te tau
Hear it for the man of the year
– Whakarongo ki te tangata o te tau
Let’s hear it for the man of the year
– Kia rongo tātou mō te tangata o te tau
