Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Well, you didn’t wake up this morning
– Well, kihai koe i ara ake i tenei ata
‘Cause you didn’t go to bed
– ‘No te mea kihai i haere koe ki te moenga
You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red
– I mātakitaki koe i ngā mā o ō kanohi e whero ana
The calendar on your wall is ticking the days off
– Ko te maramataka i runga i to taiepa kei te tohu i nga ra atu
You’ve been reading some old letters
– Kua panui koe i etahi reta tawhito
You smile and think how much you’ve changed
– Ka ataata koe, ka whakaaro he aha te nui o te mea kua hurihia e koe
All the money in the world
– Nga moni katoa i te ao
Couldn’t buy back those days
– Kaore e taea te hoko mai i aua ra
You pull back your curtains
– Ka toia e koe ō arai
And the sun burns into your eyes
– A ka mura te ra ki your kanohi
You watch a plane flying
– Ka mātakitaki koe i tētahi waka rererangi e rere ana
Across a clear blue sky
– Puta noa i te rangi puru mārama
This is the day
– Ko te rā tēnei
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day
– Ko te rā tēnei
When things fall into place
– Ka taka nga mea ki te wahi
You could’ve done anything
– Ka taea e koe te mahi i tetahi mea
If you’d wanted
– Ki te hiahia koe
And all your friends and family
– Me ō hoa me ō whānau katoa
Think that you’re lucky
– Whakaarohia he waimarie koe
But the side of you they’ll never see
– Ko te taha o koutou e kore ratou e kite
Is when you’re left alone with the memories
– Ko te wā e noho mokemoke ana koe me ngā maharatanga
That hold your life together like glue
– E mau to outou oraraa tahi rite kāpia
You pull back your curtains
– Ka toia e koe ō arai
And the sun burns into your eyes
– A ka mura te ra ki your kanohi
You watch a plane flying
– Ka mātakitaki koe i tētahi waka rererangi e rere ana
Across a clear blue sky
– Puta noa i te rangi puru mārama
This is the day
– Ko te rā tēnei
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day
– Ko te rā tēnei
When things fall into place
– Ka taka nga mea ki te wahi
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
This is the day (this is the day)
– Ko tēnei te rā(this is the day)
Your life will surely change
– Ka tino huri to ora
