Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Started off innocent
– I tīmata i te innocent
Ain’t think nothing of it
– Ain’t think nothing of it
No reason to lie
– Kahore he take ki te teka
At the time it wasn’t
– I taua wā kāore
Nothing more than friends
– Kaore he mea ke atu i nga hoa
Got nothing to hide
– Kāore he mea hei huna
Rodeo in Houston, Texas
– Ko te Rodeo i Houston, Texas
Prove to me you down to ride
– Whakamatau ki ahau koe ki raro ki te eke
We go ’round and ’round
– Ka haere mātou ’round and’ round
‘Til the sun comes up
– ‘Kia tae mai ra te rā
Looked you in the eyes and drowned
– Titiro koe i roto i te kanohi, me te horomia
That’s when I felt it
– Ko te wā I fel ai ahau
How could I forget it?
– Me pehea taku wareware?
I mean, how could you let me?
– Ko te tikanga, me pēhea koe e tuku ai i ahau?
Fall this deep, fall this deep
– Hinga i tēnei hohonu, hinga i tēnei hohonu
I know I’ll never be yours
– E mohio ana ahau e kore ahau e waiho koutou
I never meant to
– Kāre au i whakaaro ki te
Fall this deep, fall this deep
– Hinga i tēnei hohonu, hinga i tēnei hohonu
I know you’ll never be more
– E mohio ana ahau e kore koe e nui ake
You’re just an entertainer
– He kaiwhakatangi noa koe
When all is jaded
– Ka ngaro katoa
And nothing satisfies me
– A kaore he mea e makona i ahau
Tried to replace it
– I whakamātau ki te whakakapi i a ia
Tried to make sacrifices
– I whakamatau ki te tuku patunga tapu
Time was wasted
– Kua ngaro te wā
Times you let me fantasize
– Ngā wā ka tukua ahau e koe kia whakaaro
All for entertainment
– Katoa mō te whakangahau
Tell me that you love me
– Korero mai ki ahau e aroha ana koe ki ahau
Tell me that you
– Korerotia mai ki ahau e koe
Tell me that you trust me
– Korero mai ki ahau e whakawhirinaki ana koe ki ahau
Look me in my eyes when you touch on me
– Titiro mai ki ahau i roto i oku kanohi ina pa koe ki ahau
Look me in my eyes say, “It’s all for me”
– Titiro mai ki ahau i roto i oku kanohi, “It’s all for me”
Don’t you know what that do to a girl?
– Kaore koe e mohio he aha te mahi a te kotiro?
I give you that
– Ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe
Got some fine shit bugging
– He pai te mahi a bugging
How we go from fussing to fucking?
– Me pēhea te haere mai i te fussing ki te fucking?
How we go from lovers to nothing?
– Me pēhea te haere mai i te hunga aroha ki te kore?
I, I don’t know this man
– E kore ahau e mohio ki tenei tangata
I don’t know his friends, I don’t know his type
– Kāore au i te mōhio ki ōna hoa, kāore au i te mōhio ki tōna momo
Tell me it don’t have to end
– Korero mai ki ahau kaua e mutu
And we can’t pretend only for tonight
– A e kore e taea e tatou te mea anake mo tenei po
Oh, it’s a damn shame, baby, I
– Aue, he tino whakama, e te tamaiti, e ahau
It’s a damn shame, baby, I cry
– He tino whakama, e te tamaiti, e tangi ana ahau
Can’t sleep, I’m missing your vibe
– Kaore e taea te moe, kei te ngaro ahau i to vibe
Can’t sleep with tears in my eyes
– Kaore e taea te moe me nga roimata i roto i oku kanohi
Why? Why?
– He aha? He aha?
Fall this deep, fall this deep
– Hinga i tēnei hohonu, hinga i tēnei hohonu
I know I’ll never be yours (Oh, no I’ll never, oh, I never)
– E mohio ana ahau e kore ahau e waiho koutou (Aue, kahore e kore ahau, aue, e kore ahau)
I never meant to
– Kāre au i whakaaro ki te
Fall this deep, fall this deep
– Hinga i tēnei hohonu, hinga i tēnei hohonu
I know you’ll never be more (Oh, no I’ll never, oh, I never)
– E mohio ana ahau e kore koe e nui ake (Oh, no i’ll never, oh, i never)
You’re just an entertainer
– He kaiwhakatangi noa koe
When all is jaded
– Ka ngaro katoa
And nothing satisfies me
– A kaore he mea e makona i ahau
Tried to replace it
– I whakamātau ki te whakakapi i a ia
Tried to make sacrifices
– I whakamatau ki te tuku patunga tapu
Time was wasted
– Kua ngaro te wā
Times you let me fantasize
– Ngā wā ka tukua ahau e koe kia whakaaro
All for entertainment
– Katoa mō te whakangahau
[Instrumental Outro]
– [Tuhinga O Mua]
