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Whakarongo
02:27
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Whakarongo ki te karanga
Tīpuna wairua o neherā
Horahiatia, tuwhera i to whetū--
Rere ake, rere ake ki te rae o rehu.
Whakawhetai ki te waiata
o ngā mokopuna
Tī ori ori
Tu i tui ā
Hei aha te, aituā.
Kāti i tō pouritanga
Tirohia ki enei,
ēnei kākano i rūia mai i to kōpūtanga
Ū Ū -- Ū Ū
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Intro – Forever and ever.
[Chorus]
You tried to order my house
But you're caught in your doubts
Here we go again (BV)
Can you walk in a straight line
Or stay drunk in your mind
Here we go again (BV)
(V 1)
We play’in hot and cold
Can feel this gnawing at my soul.
Just like my dog,
his teeth wrapped round the bone.
[Pre-chorus]
My blood boils through the top of my head
Oooh babe why do we fight so much in bed.
[Chorus] x1
(V 2)
We be cursing and yelling til we got no air,
I be suffocating from my own fear.
We be tossing and turning til we turn blue,
[Pre-chorus]
No matter what we do-- dar-ling, I still love you.
(Bridge)
These games, we play ...for a lifetime.
These games, we play ...for a lifetime (BV)
The infinite divide ...of a lovers’ pride.
The infinite divide ...of a lovers’ pride(BV)
Oh my darling babe,
I don't care what we did last night.
I don't care what we did last night (BV)
I just stay, i stay in this world of ours.
Here we go again (BV)
Oh I know this ain't the best for me or you,
But love and hate coincides like we do.
(Outro)
I just want to stay here, I just want to stay, I just want to stay here, forever, forever and ever
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Legacy
03:55
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[Intro]
Broken hearted souls,
you wear the marks of those gone before.
Broken hearted souls,
you wear the scars of those gone before.
‘Cos this king bears the sword,
To show the might of his knights force (Bv)
And the written becomes law.
To show the might of his knights force (Bv)
But his kingdom falls to stone,
And his crowns jewels turn to coal.
As the state of the masses cease to the throne,
And all this liquid gold be sold.
‘Cos all we need is ahh another to lead
To take on this dragon's den of greed (Bv)
And all we need is ahh a legacy to breathe
To take on this dragon's den of greed (Bv)
‘Cos all we need is ahh a legacy to breathe
To take on this dragon's den of greed (Bv)
[Outro]
‘Cos all these pure hearted souls…. ….
…. We’re never meant to fit their mould.
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Ancestor
04:39
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(V1)
Infectious conformity, single minded society.
From the beginning of my days.
Was enslaved, to fit in.
If you coloured, outside lines.
You become reformed inside.
[Chorus] x2
Ancestors intervention
Free me from
this illusion
(V2)
This magician medication,
had me spellbound.
This placebo effect over me
Keeps me locked in my fantasy
My dream world be my get away to reality.
[Chorus] x2
(Bridge)
The regularity of this normality
[Be that nine to five kind of life]
I keep spinning around
On this merry go round
[Where will this race end}
I can't spend my time
On this menial line
[We on gridlock, we on the grind]
Institutionalized
Ancestors, ancestors, ancestors,
ancestors, ancestors, ancestors,
ancestors, ancestors, ancestors,
ancestors, ancestors, ancestors,
ancestors,ancestors, ancestors,
…...…free me from this illusion.
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E kō
03:29
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[Chorus]
E kō, e kō ana te rangatira (x2)
Ū Ū Ū Ū
(V1)
Hūtia mai te rito o te harakeke
Kei whea te kōmako
E kō ana
(V2)
[Ko te ira tangata
i ngaro mai te pūkaki
ki te ūkaipō o te
ao mārama] x2
[Chorus]
E kō, e kō ana te rangatira (x2)
Ū Ū Ū Ū
(Bridge)
Mai i te oro o te manu
kō te Kurawaka o te Ū
A Hine-tītama mai i
a Hine-ahu-one
Tihei,Tihei,Tihei mauri -o- ra.
[Chorus]
E kō, e kō ana te rangatira.
Me kō, me kō ana ngā mokopuna.
Me kō, me kō ana te reo rangatira.
E kō, e kō ana te rangatira. (x2)
Ū Ū Ū Ū
E kō -lyric translation:
To sing (of birds), the chief sings.
To sing (of birds), the chief sings.
If the heart of the harakeke was removed, where will the bellbird sing? (the heart in this context is the language, if the language is plucked out of our culture where would we sing)
The human element has lost the stream to the mother of the world of life and light.
To sing (of birds), the chief sings.
To sing (of birds), the chief sings.
From the sound on the bird, lies the Kurawaka (Kurawaka is the name of the place in our māori creation narratives where the first woman was created) the landing place, from Hinetitama (the first human being and the dawn) daughter of Hineahuone (the first woman formed by Tāne from the red earth).
The sneeze, the sneeze, the sneeze of life (the first breath of Hineahuone)
To sing (of birds), the chief sings. Let us sing, the descendants sings. Let us sing, the chiefly language (te reo māori) sings. To sing (of birds), the chief sings.
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An artist, whose uniquely earthy
voice combines soulful grit with dirty electric guitars to produce
a raw and rough edged beauty. Earthfeather has roots in the Far North and the East Coast of Aotearoa (NZ) and pieces together her experience as a young urban Māori to create a signature sound.
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