Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I am lost in a rainbow
– Kua ngaro ahau i roto i te rainbow
Now our rainbow is gone
– Na kua ngaro to tatou rainbow
Overcast by your shadow
– E te kapua o tōu atarangi
As our worlds move on
– I a tātou ao e haere ana
In this shirt I can be you
– I roto i tenei koti ka taea e au te waiho hei koe
To be near you for a while
– Kia tata ki a koe mō tētahi wā
In this shirt I can be you
– I roto i tenei koti ka taea e au te waiho hei koe
To be near you for a while
– Kia tata ki a koe mō tētahi wā
There’s a crane knocking down
– He kōhao e patu ana
All these things that we were
– Ko ēnei mea katoa i a mātou
I awake in the night
– Ka a ahau i te pō
To hear the engines pout
– Ki te whakarongo ki ngā pūkaha e pupuhi ana
There’s a pain, it does ripple
– He mamae, he ngaru
Through my frame, makes me lame
– Na roto i toku anga, hanga ahau kopa
There’s a thorn in my side
– He tataramoa kei toku taha
It’s the shame, it’s the prize
– Ko te whakama, ko te utu
Of you and me, ever changin’
– Ko koe me au, e huri haere ana
Moving on now, moving fast
– Neke i runga i inaianei, neke nohopuku
And this touch must be wanting
– A me hiahia tenei pa
Must become through your ask
– Me riro i roto i to koutou ui
But I mean dare to tell you
– Engari ko te tikanga ka maia ahau ki te korero ki a koe
That I love you – it never ends
– E aroha ana ahau ki a koe-e kore e mutu
And I bled everyday now
– Na ka toto ahau i nga ra katoa inaianei
For a year, for a year
– Mo te tau, mo te tau
I did send you a note
– I tukuna atu e ahau he tuhipoka ki a koe
On the wind for to read
– I runga i te hau hei pānui
Our names there together
– To tatou ingoa i reira tahi
Must’ve fallen like the sea
– Me kua hinga rite te moana
To the depths of the soil
– Ki te hohonu o te oneone
Buried deep in the ground
– I tanumia ki roto i te whenua
On the wind I can hear you
– I runga i te hau ka taea e au te whakarongo ki a koe
Call my name, held the sound
– Karangatia toku ingoa, puritia te tangi
I am lost
– Kua ngaro ahau
I am lost in a rainbow
– Kua ngaro ahau i roto i te rainbow
Now our rainbow is gone
– Na kua ngaro to tatou rainbow
I am lost in a rainbow
– Kua ngaro ahau i roto i te rainbow
Now our rainbow is gone
– Na kua ngaro to tatou rainbow
I am lost, I am lost
– Kua ngaro ahau, kua ngaro ahau
I am lost, I am lost
– Kua ngaro ahau, kua ngaro ahau
I am lost, I am lost
– Kua ngaro ahau, kua ngaro ahau
