Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Let me set you the scene
– Tukua ahau ki te whakatakoto i te scene
November, circa 2019
– Whiringa-ā-nuku, tata ki te 2019
Put a hole in my heart, watched it bleed
– Kia mau ki toku ngakau, kia kite i te toto
You said that we were better off as strangers
– I mea koe he pai ake ta matou noho hei tangata ke
I was barely alive
– I ora noa ahau
Out of six feet deep, I was five
– I roto I te ono waewae hohonu, e rima oku tau
Pretty sure they called a hearse outside, okay, that’s dramatic
– He tino mohio i karangahia e ratou he waka tupapaku i waho, pai, he mea whakamiharo
But I survived, then I survived
– Engari i ora ahau, kātahi ka ora ahau
The “Hey Meg, I think I want you back
– Ko te ” E Meg, ki taku whakaaro e hiahia ana ahau kia hoki mai koe
I’m a couple drinks in, thinkin’ it’s my bad
– E rua aku inu, e whakaaro ana ko taku kino
That I let you walk away and let you go” (Go)
– Kia haere atu koe, kia haere koe” (Go)
It’s the tale as old as time, I guess
– Ko te kōrero tawhito tonu, ki taku whakaaro
When you couldn’t care more, I couldn’t care less
– Ki te kore e taea e koe te tiaki ake, e kore e taea e ahau te tiaki iti
You’re a little too late to the party (Little too, little too late), heartbreaker
– He iti rawa koe ki te rōpū (Iti rawa, iti rawa te mutunga), heartbreaker
What doesn’t kill you calls you six months later
– Ko te aha e kore e whakamate i a koe e karanga ana ki a koe i nga marama e ono i muri mai
Oh, how the turns have tabled
– Aue, me pehea te tepu i nga takahuri
All the sudden, now you’re willing and able
– Ko te mea ohorere, inaianei kei te hiahia koe, ka taea
Little therapy, now you’re so stable
– Iti therapy, inaianei kei kia pūmau koe
Okay, well
– Pai, pai
Your next girlfriend will be so lucky
– Ka kia pera waimarie tou girlfriend muri
To not hear
– Kia kaua e rongo
“Hey Meg, I think I want you back
– “E Meg, ki taku whakaaro e hiahia ana ahau kia hoki mai koe
I’m a couple drinks in, thinkin’ it’s my bad
– E rua aku inu, e whakaaro ana ko taku kino
That I let you walk away (Let you walk away) and let you go” (Go)
– Kia tukua koe e ahau kia haere atu, kia haere atu koe, kia haere atu” (Go)
It’s the tale as old as time, I guess
– Ko te kōrero tawhito tonu, ki taku whakaaro
When you couldn’t care more, I couldn’t care less
– A, no te kore e taea e koe te tiaki atu, e kore e taea e ahau te tiaki iti
You’re a little too late to the party (Little too, little too late), heartbreaker
– He iti rawa koe ki te rōpū (Iti rawa, iti rawa te mutunga), heartbreaker
What doesn’t kill you calls you six months later
– Ko te aha e kore e whakamate i a koe e karanga ana ki a koe i nga marama e ono i muri mai
What doesn’t kill you
– He aha e kore e whakamate ia koe
Makes you stronger and blonder and hotter
– Ka kaha ake koe, ka maeneene, ka wera ake
Makes you wonder what you even saw in him at all
– Ka miharo koe ki nga mea i kite ai koe i roto i a ia
What doesn’t kill you always calls
– Ko te aha e kore e whakamate i a koe i nga wa katoa e karanga ana
(Oh, sorry, I think you have the wrong number?)
– (Aue, pouri, ki taku whakaaro kei a koe te tau he?)
With a “Hey Meg, I think I want you back (I think I want you back)
– Ki te “Hey Meg, ki taku whakaaro e hiahia ana ahau kia hoki mai koe (ki taku whakaaro e hiahia ana ahau kia hoki mai koe)
I’m a couple drinks in thinkin’ it’s my bad (Thinkin’ it’s my bad)
– E rua aku inu i roto i te thinkin ‘it’s my bad (Thinkin’ it’s my bad)
That I let you walk away (Let you walk away) and let you go” (Go)
– Kia tukua koe e ahau kia haere atu, kia haere atu koe, kia haere atu” (Go)
It’s the tale as old as time, I guess (It’s old as time)
– Ko te kōrero rite tawhito rite te wā, whakaaro ahau (Te reira tawhito rite te wā)
When you couldn’t care more, I couldn’t care less
– Ki te kore e taea e koe te tiaki ake, e kore e taea e ahau te tiaki iti
You’re a little too late to the party (Little too, little too late), heartbreaker
– He iti rawa koe ki te rōpū (Iti rawa, iti rawa te mutunga), heartbreaker
What doesn’t kill you calls you six months later
– Ko te aha e kore e whakamate i a koe e karanga ana ki a koe i nga marama e ono i muri mai
