Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
As you promised me that I was more than all the miles combined
– Ka rite ki ta koutou i oati ai ki ahau he nui ake ahau i nga maero katoa i whakakotahihia
You must have had yourself a change of heart like
– Me whai koe i te huringa o te ngakau rite
Halfway through the drive
– I waenganui i te huarahi
Because your voice trailed off exactly as you passed my exit sign
– No te mea i rere atu tou reo i te mea tonu i haere koe i taku tohu putanga
Kept on drivin’ straight and left our future to the right
– I haere tonu ki te taraiwa tika, a, ka waiho to tatou heke mai ki te matau
Now I am stuck between my anger and the blame that I can’t face
– Na kua mau ahau i waenganui i toku riri me te he e kore e taea e ahau te kanohi
And memories are somethin’ even smoking weed does not replace
– A he mea noa iho ngā maharatanga ahakoa te momi tarutaru e kore e whakakapi
And I am terrified of weather ’cause I see you when it rains
– A e mataku ana ahau ki te rangi, no te mea ka kite ahau i a koe ina ua
Doc told me to travel, but there’s COVID on the planes
– I ki mai a Doc ki ahau kia haere, engari HE COVID kei runga i nga rererangi
And I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the sticks
– A e aroha ana ahau Ki A Vermont, engari ko te wā o ngā rakau
And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed
– Na ka kite ahau i tou mama, wareware ia e ahau i reira
And it’s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim
– A ko te hawhe o taku he, engari e hiahia ana ahau ki te tākaro i te patunga
I’ll drink alcohol ’til my friends come home for Christmas
– Ka inu waipiro ahau tae noa ki te hokinga Mai o oku hoa ki te Kāinga Mō te Kirihimete
And I’ll dream each night of some version of you
– A ka moemoea ahau i ia po o etahi putanga o koutou
That I might not have, but I did not lose
– E kore ai ahau e whai, engari kihai ahau i ngaro
Now your tire tracks and one pair of shoes
– Na koutou ara paera me tetahi takirua o hu
And I’m split in half, but that’ll have to do
– A ka wehea ahau ki waenganui, engari me mahi
So I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad
– Na whakaaro ahau e ki te puranga ahau te tahi mea pai i runga i toku kino katoa
That I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad
– Ka taea e au te whakakore i te pouri i riro mai i ahau i a papa
No, I am no longer funny ’cause I miss the way you laugh
– Kāore, kāore au i te ngahau ,nā te mea e mihi ana ahau ki te āhua o tō kata
You once called me forever now you still can’t call me back
– I karanga mai koe ki ahau ake ake inaianei kaore e taea e koe te karanga mai ki ahau
And I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the sticks
– A e aroha ana ahau Ki A Vermont, engari ko te wā o ngā rakau
And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed
– Na ka kite ahau i tou mama, wareware ia e ahau i reira
And it’s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim
– A ko te hawhe o taku he, engari e hiahia ana ahau ki te tākaro i te patunga
I’ll drink alcohol ’til my friends come home for Christmas
– Ka inu waipiro ahau tae noa ki te hokinga Mai o oku hoa ki te Kāinga Mō te Kirihimete
And I’ll dream each night of some version of you
– A ka moemoea ahau i ia po o etahi putanga o koutou
That I might not have, but I did not lose
– E kore ai ahau e whai, engari kihai ahau i ngaro
Now your tire tracks and one pair of shoes
– Na koutou ara paera me tetahi takirua o hu
And I’m split in half, but that’ll have to do
– A ka wehea ahau ki waenganui, engari me mahi
Oh, that’ll have to do
– Aue, ka whai ki te mahi
My other half was you
– Ko taku haurua atu ko koe
I hope this pain’s just passin’ through
– Ko te tūmanako kei te haere noa atu tēnei mamae
But I doubt it
– Engari e ruarua ana ahau
And I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the sticks
– A e aroha ana ahau Ki A Vermont, engari ko te wā o ngā rakau
And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed
– Na ka kite ahau i tou mama, wareware ia e ahau i reira
And it’s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim
– A ko te hawhe o taku he, engari e hiahia ana ahau ki te tākaro i te patunga
I’ll drink alcohol ’til my friends come home for Christmas
– Ka inu waipiro ahau tae noa ki te hokinga Mai o oku hoa ki te Kāinga Mō te Kirihimete
And I’ll dream each night of some version of you
– A ka moemoea ahau i ia po o etahi putanga o koutou
That I might not have, but I did not lose
– E kore ai ahau e whai, engari kihai ahau i ngaro
Now your tire tracks and one pair of shoes
– Na koutou ara paera me tetahi takirua o hu
And I’m split in half, but that’ll have to do
– A ka wehea ahau ki waenganui, engari me mahi
Have to do
– Me mahi
