[Māori] When We're Gone

Lyrics

[Intro – Soft piano + distant choir]  
Hmmmm...  
Āue...  
He wā poto noa nei tātou i konei...  
He aha te taonga ka waiho...

[Verse 1]  
Ka hīkoi tahi tātou i tēnei ara, ahakoa te rā ka pahemo,  
He tukituki noa i te wā roa, he waiata raro i te rangi.  
Ko ngā mea e pupuri ana tātou, ko ngā mea e whakaponohia ana,  
Ka memeha ki te noho puku — engari ka ora tonu te aroha.

I hiki rānei tātou i te ngākau ngenge?  
I āwhina rānei tātou kia tū?  
I hoatu rānei tātou i te iti noa atu?  
I toro atu rānei te ringa kaha?

[Pre-Chorus]  
I te mutunga kāore i te koura,  
Kāore i te mana e puritia ana,  
Engari ko ngā oranga i pā atu ai...

[Chorus / Hook – UNIVERSAL ANTHEM]  
🌍 Ka ngaro ana — he aha ka waiho?  
Ko te aroha i hoatu rānei, ko te mamae noho puku rānei?  
Ia ngākau, ia oranga i mōhiotia e tātou —  
Ko te ao ka waiho i a tātou ka ngaro.

🌍 Ka ngaro ana — ka piki ake rānei?  
Ngākau kaha me ngā whatu tuwhera?  
Ia wairua i āwhina ai kia tū —  
Ko te ao āpōpō i a tātou ka ngaro.

👉 (Soft Echo Layer)  
Ka ngaro ana... ka ngaro ana...

[Verse 2]  
He ngāwari te ao e tiritiria nei, engari he ātaahua, he māramatanga,  
Ko ia mahi atawhai ka whiti mai he rama hou.  
Kāore he tangata e hīkoi mokemoke mena ka whiriwhiri tātou ki te kite,  
Ko tōu oranga me tōku he kōrero kotahi.

Whakaakona te tamaiti i tō taha,  
Whakaaturia ki a rātou te manaaki,  
Hoatu atu he nui ake i te mātauranga —  
Hoatu he tūmanako hei tiritiri.

[Pre-Chorus]  
Ko ngā mea e whakatō ana i ngā ngākau tangata,  
Ka ora roa atu i a tātou,  
Ka pāorooro roa atu i ngā rā...

[Chorus / Hook – BIGGER LIFT]  
🌍 Ka ngaro ana — he aha ka waiho?  
Ko te aroha i hoatu rānei, ko te mamae noho puku rānei?  
Ia ngākau, ia oranga i mōhiotia e tātou —  
Ko te ao ka waiho i a tātou ka ngaro.

🌍 Ka ngaro ana — ka piki ake rānei?  
Ngākau kaha me ngā whatu tuwhera?  
Ia wairua i āwhina ai kia tū —  
Ko te ao āpōpō i a tātou ka ngaro.

👉 (Choir Layer)  
Piki... piki... ka piki ake...

[Bridge – Choir + Global Voices]  
(Soft → Massive Build)  
Āue...

Ko tātou te ara mai i nāianei ki te wā roa...

Whakatūwheratia tō reo — mō te hunga ka haere mai,  
Ia tamāhine, ia tama.  
Ko ngā mea e hoatu ana tātou ka riro hei ara mō rātou,  
Ka hanga tātou i āpōpō i tēnei rā.

Kāore he wehi, kāore he wehe,  
Kotahi tātou — ka piki kotahi.

[Final Chorus / Outro – FULL HUMAN ANTHEM]  
🌍 Ka ngaro ana — he aha ka waiho?  
Ko te aroha i hoatu rānei, ko te mamae noho puku rānei?  
Ia ngākau, ia oranga i mōhiotia e tātou —  
Ko te ao ka waiho i a tātou ka ngaro.

🌍 Ka ngaro ana — ka piki ake,  
Me te tūmanako i roto i ō rātou whatu.  
Ia wairua i āwhina ai kia tū —  
Ko te ao āpōpō i a tātou ka ngaro.

👉 (Final Choir Chant)  
Kotahi tātou... kotahi tātou...

[Outro – Whisper + Piano Fade]  
He wā poto noa nei tātou i konei...  
Hei hāpai tētahi ki tētahi...