Hīraurau

Childhood dreams 

you made me believe

I shut my mouth 

and keep smiling

I don't know how to tell you

Heart to heart or 

Hide and seek

I won't expose reality

I don't know how to tell you

E hīraurau ana te taura

E here nei ia tāua

Noho mai

Kia whiria. 

Ngā kawatau o mua

Aini pea ka ea

Noho mai

Kia whiria anō

Coffee on the stove 

Is getting cold

And I am growing old

I don't know how to tell you

You build me up 

Then tear me down

Say you'll be here

Then you're not around

I don't know how to tell you

He taniwha kei taku waha

Kei taku arero e noho ana

Āku kupu hei kai māna 

Ūia mai ko wai

Te taniwha nei? 

(aue hī aue hā!)

He kaitiaki ngākau

He kai ngākau rānei?

Taihoa ake (rā) ka kite

he aha (rawa rā) ka whai nei

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