Mokomoko

Stars align 

Everything feels right

Took a chance

Didn’t let it fly by

Sky dilating

Confidence missing

Keep counting all the time

Ka puritia ngā tikanga kia mau

Ka titia rā ki te ngākau kia tina

Ko ngā akoranga 

tuku iho

Cloud 9

For a moment

Then I fall behind

Kinda poetic

sky separating

Pride deflating

Keep counting all the time

When I walk 

When I sleep

And when I wake!

Ka tāheia hei whakakai marihi

Kia āwhina

Kia tiaki

Kia ārahi

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Mokomoko - a translation

Chorus: We do our best to hold onto the right ways

We hold it in our heart until it is fixed 

The teachings

handed down

Bridge: Wear it around your neck as a beautiful ornament

To help you

To watch you

To guide you

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Aroā

Kōngū te tahatū

Pūrehurehu

Ki hea anga ai

Wetea, te whakatau

He haerenga hāngai

Nā ka huri kē

Tē tiro iho rā

Ka rongo whenua

Me he papa mahea

Tau mai aroā

Tō iho te rā

I ōna hua

Ka maru te aotea

Tē kite, auare ake

Hāuaua

Ka anga tonu ai

Tē tiro iho rā

Ka rongo whenua

Te ahunga mai

Me he papa mahea

Te ara ki tua

Tau mai aroā

Te ahunga mai

Te ara ki tua 

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Aroā (Know How) - a translation

Can’t see the horizon

Covered in a white haze 

Where’s our direction?

Breaking down, our decisions

We were going one way

and now it’s hectic

I don’t need to look down

I can still feel the ground

Where we come from

It’s a blank canvas now

Where we’re going

In the end, we’ll know how...

… long will the sun hide

Holding all the right ways

Beneath the daylight

Can’t see now but it’s alright

I can feel a warm ray

Enough to get by

Where we come from

Where we’re going

Know How

Can’t see the horizon

Covered in a white haze 

Where’s our direction?

Breaking down, our decisions

We were going one way

and now it’s hectic

I don’t need to look down

I can still feel the ground

Where we come from

It’s a blank canvas now

Where we’re going

In the end, we’ll know how...

… long will the sun hide

Holding all the right ways

Beneath the daylight

Can’t see now but it’s alright

I can feel a warm ray

Enough to get by

Where we come from

Where we’re going

Listen