Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I have my scars, you have yours
– Kei a au aku tohu, kei a koe
Don’t let them take your power
– Kaua e tukua kia tangohia e ratou to mana
Don’t leave it alone in the final hours
– Kaua e waiho i te reira anake i roto i nga haora whakamutunga
They’ll take your soul, they’ll take your power
– Ka tangohia e ratou tou wairua, ka tangohia e ratou tou mana
Don’t close your eyes and hope for the best
– Kaua e kati o kanohi me te tumanako mo te pai
The dark is out there, the light is going fast
– Kei reira te pouri, kei te tere haere te marama
Until the final hours, your life’s forever changed
– Tae noa ki ngā haora whakamutunga, kua huri tonu tō oranga
And all the rights that you had yesterday
– Me ngā tika katoa i a koe inanahi
Are taken away
– Ka tangohia atu
And now you’re afraid
– Na inaianei kei te wehi koe
You should be afraid
– Me wehi koe
Should be afraid
– Kia wehi
Because everything I fought for
– No te mea i whawhai ahau mo nga mea katoa
Long ago in a dream is gone
– I mua noa atu i te moemoea kua ngaro
Someone said the dream is not over
– I kii tetahi kaore ano kia mutu te moemoea
The dream has just begun, or
– Kua timata noa te moemoea, ranei
Is it a nightmare?
– He moemoea kino?
Is it a lasting scar?
– He tohu pumau?
It is unless you save it and that’s that
– Ko te reira te kore whakaora koe i te reira a e te e
Unless you stand up and take it back
– Ki te kore koe e tu ki runga ka whakahoki mai
And take it back
– Ka hoki mai
I have my scars, you have yours
– Kei a au aku tohu, kei a koe
Don’t let them take your power
– Kaua e tukua kia tangohia e ratou to mana
Don’t leave it alone in the final hours
– Kaua e waiho i te reira anake i roto i nga haora whakamutunga
They’ll take your soul, they’ll take your power
– Ka tangohia e ratou tou wairua, ka tangohia e ratou tou mana
Unless you stand up and take it back
– Ki te kore koe e tu ki runga ka whakahoki mai
Try to see the future and get mad
– Tamata ki te kite i te heke mai, me te tiki haurangi
It’s slipping through your fingers, you don’t have what you had
– Kei te paheke i roto i o maihao, kaore koe i te mea i a koe
You don’t have much time to get it back
– Kaore koe e nui te wa ki te whakahoki mai
I wanna be the lighthouse
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei whare rama
Bring all of you together
– Kawea mai koutou katoa
Bring it out in a song
– Kawea mai i roto i te waiata
Bring it out in stormy weather
– Kawea mai i roto i te rangi tupuhi
Tell them the story
– Korerotia ki a rātou te kōrero
(Oh) I wanna teach ’em to fight
– (Oh) e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakaako i a rātou ki te whawhai
(Oh) I wanna tell ’em this has happened before
– (Aue) e hiahia ana ahau ki te korero ki a ratou kua tupu tenei i mua
(Oh) Don’t let it happen again
– (Oh) Kaua e tukua kia tupu anō
I have my scars, you have yours
– Kei a au aku tohu, kei a koe
Don’t let them take your power
– Kaua e tukua kia tangohia e ratou to mana
Don’t leave it alone in the final hours
– Kaua e waiho i te reira anake i roto i nga haora whakamutunga
They’ll take your soul, they’ll take your power
– Ka tangohia e ratou tou wairua, ka tangohia e ratou tou mana
Unless you save it and that’s that
– Ki te kore koe e whakaora i te reira a ko e
Unless you stand up and take it back
– Ki te kore koe e tu ki runga ka whakahoki mai
Try to see the future and get mad
– Tamata ki te kite i te heke mai, me te tiki haurangi
It’s slippin’ through your fingers, you don’t have what you had
– E rere ana i roto i o koutou maihao, e kore koe e whai i te mea i koe
You don’t have much time
– Kaore koe e nui te wa
You gotta get in the game
– Me uru koe ki te kēmu
You gotta learn how to play
– Me ako koe ki te tākaro
You gotta make a change
– Me whakarerekē koe
You gotta do it today
– Me mahi koe i tēnei rā
In the midnight hour, they’ll slam the door
– I te waenganui po, ka patuki rātau i te tatau
Make you forget what you were fighting for
– Kia wareware koe ki tāu i whawhai ai
Put you back in your place, they’ll shut you down
– Ka whakahokia koe ki tōu wāhi, ka kati koe
You better learn how to fight, you better say it out loud
– He pai ake te ako ki te whawhai, he pai ake te korero ki a koe
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