Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Everybody’s so punk on the internet
– He tino punk te katoa i runga i te ipurangi
Everyone’s unbothered ’til they’re not
– E kore e whakararuraru i te katoa ‘ki te kore e ratou
Every joke’s just trolling and memes
– Ko nga kata katoa he trolling noa me nga meme
Sad as it seems, apathy is hot
– He mea pouri, he wera te kore aro
Everybody’s cutthroat in the comments
– Ko te katoa o te cutthroat i roto i nga korero
Every single hot take is cold as ice
– Ko ia tango wera kotahi he makariri ano he huka
When you found me, I said I was busy
– I taku kitenga i ahau, ka mea ahau he pukumahi ahau
That was a lie
– He teka tērā
I have been afflicted by a terminal uniqueness
– Kua pāngia ahau e te ahurei mutunga
I’ve been dying just from trying to seem cool
– Kua mate ahau i te mea e ngana ana ahau ki te ahua pai
But I’m not a bad bitch
– Engari ehara ahau i te wahine kino
And this isn’t savage
– A ehara tenei i te mohoao
But I’m never gonna let you down
– Engari kaore au e tuku i a koe
I’m never gonna leave you out
– Kāore au e whakarere i a koe
So many traitors
– He maha nga kaituku
Smooth operators
– Kaiwhakahaere maeneene
But I’m never gonna break that vow
– Engari e kore ahau e takahi i taua oati
I’m never gonna leave you now, now, now
– Kāore au e whakarere i a koe ināianei, ināianei, ināianei
You know, the last time I laughed this hard was
– E mohio ana koe, ko te wa whakamutunga i kata ahau i tenei pakeke ko
On the trampoline in somebody’s backyard
– I runga i te trampoline i te marae o muri o tētahi
I must’ve been about eight or nine
– Me i ahau e pā ana ki waru ranei iwa
That was the night I fell off and broke my arm
– Ko te pō tērā i hinga ai ahau i whati ai i toku ringa
Pretty soon, I learned cautious discretion
– I muri tata iho, ka ako ahau i te whakaaro nui
When your first crush crushes something kind
– A, no te to koutou kuru tuatahi kuru te tahi mea ahua
When I said I don’t believe in marriage
– Ka mea ahau e kore ahau e whakapono i roto i te faaipoiporaa
That was a lie
– He teka tērā
Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter
– Ko ia tamahine matamua te reme tuatahi i patua
So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire
– Na ka whakakakahu katoa matou hei wuruhi a ka titiro matou ki te ahi
But I’m not a bad bitch
– Engari ehara ahau i te wahine kino
And this isn’t savage
– A ehara tenei i te mohoao
But I’m never gonna let you down
– Engari kaore au e tuku i a koe
I’m never gonna leave you out
– Kāore au e whakarere i a koe
So many traitors
– He maha nga kaituku
Smooth operators
– Kaiwhakahaere maeneene
But I’m never gonna break that vow
– Engari e kore ahau e takahi i taua oati
I’m never gonna leave you now, now, now
– Kāore au e whakarere i a koe ināianei, ināianei, ināianei
We lie back
– E takoto ana mātou
A beautiful, beautiful time-lapse
– He ataahua, he ataahua te wa-wa
Ferris wheels, kisses, and lilacs
– Ko ngā wira o te Ferris, ko ngā kihi, ko ngā lilacs
And things I said were dumb
– A ko nga mea I korerotia e ahau he wahangu
‘Cause I thought that I’d never find that
– ‘No te mea i whakaaro ahau e kore ahau e kitea e
Beautiful, beautiful life that
– He ora ataahua, he ora ataahua
Shimmers that innocent light back
– E whiti ana i te marama harakore
Like when we were young
– Ka rite ki a tātou i a tātou e tamariki ana
Every youngest child felt
– I rongo ia tamaiti iti rawa
They were raised up in the wild
– I whakatipuhia rātau i te taiao
But now you’re home
– Engari ināianei kei te kāinga koe
‘Cause I’m not a bad bitch
– ‘No te mea ehara ahau i te wahine kino
And this isn’t savage
– A ehara tenei i te mohoao
And I’m never gonna let you down
– A e kore ahau e tuku i a koe ki raro
I’m never gonna leave you out
– Kāore au e whakarere i a koe
So many traitors
– He maha nga kaituku
Smooth operators
– Kaiwhakahaere maeneene
But I’m never gonna break that vow (Never gonna break that vow)
– Engari kaore au e takahi i taua oati (Kaore au e takahi i taua oati)
I’m never gonna leave you now, now, now
– Kāore au e whakarere i a koe ināianei, ināianei, ināianei
Never gonna break that vow (Oh)
– Kaua rawa e takahi i taua oati (Oh )
I’m never gonna leave you now, now
– Kāore au e whakarere i a koe ināianei, ināianei
I’m never gonna leave you now
– Kāore au e whakarere i a koe ināianei
