Riroriro

Patience is a virtue when you understand

Try to win the game but there ain’t no right hand

Practice all you want it won’t go to plan

Running around in circles (running around in circles)

Riroriro riroriro - take it from me

Riroriro riroriro - sitting in my tree

Where the wind blows the sun will show  you will see

Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing 

(don’t you worry ‘bout a thing)

Goodbye, been holding onto to a hurt for too long

I tried to let it all go to be free in my mind

Pulling me up, pushing me down

Taking my time, holding my frown

Don’t wanna see the wrinkles making me old before I am.

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Riroriro -  a translation 

Riroriro is the Māori name for a tomtit

Miromiro

The way I see it it’s a simple choice

Stick together even through white noise

Feel the hand know it well

So when you are blind you can tell

In the darkness you will hear the voice

By a whisper under all the noise

Feel the hand know it well

the one that caught you when you fell

Hold onto love, hold onto love

I’m not saying that it’s easy all the time

There are trials

You are walking a thin line

But you are stronger every step

You can handle what’s next

Like I say it is a simple choice

Don’t fall apart inside the noise

Hold out your hand so they can tell

Give them a chance to know it well

In the darkness let them hear your voice

let it pierce through all the noise

Hold out your hand, when they call

You can catch them if they fall

I’m not saying it’s easy all the time

Sure there are trails you will find

Feel like you’re walking a thin line

You will make it to the other side x 2

Ko te pae tawhiti whāia kia tata

Ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tina

Whakamaua ki tō kaki hei tāhei

Whakairo ki runga i tō manawa

Whakatū hei haki mo tō whare ā-roto

Āpōpō ka whai ki tua o te pae rangi

Ka whai ki tua o te pae whenua

Whakamaua kia tina

Whakamaua kia tina

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Miromiro - a translation

Pursue the horizon until it is close

Then lay hold of it and don’t let it go

Wear it on your neck as an ornament

Carve it on to your heart

Post it like a flag inside you

Tomorrow we’ll pursue it beyond the skies

We’ll pursue it beyond the horizon

Lay hold of it and don’t let it go

Hold it fast and don’t let it go

Tauhou

Kei kōnei au, kei kōnei ahau

The silvereye

led me to a stream

Told his friends watch over me

He said let’s talk

About the way you walk

About what’s been happening

Sometimes the wind of the storm takes us somewhere we don’t wanna go

(Kei kōnei au kei kōnei ahau)

If it’s paradise on the other side we don’t wanna know

Breathe in breathe out (Kei kōnei au kei kōnei ahau)

The sun is shining on your face on the other side

I tried to hide

my world inside

of what’s been happening

He said let’s talk

about the way you walk

Don’t hide at all from me

You never asked for any of this but here I am

On the other side 

You never asked for any of this but here I am

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Tauhou - a translation

I am here, I am here