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Whakakakahu
05:38
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Kei te mahi au ki a papa
kei te mahi au ki ngā awa
kei te mahi au ki te whenua
tiakangā ō te waitaha
kei te mahi au te ngāhere māori
kei te mahi au ngā rākau māori
kei te whakakakahu au ki a Papatūānuku e
Kie te tangata tiriti au...
I work for the earth
I work for the Rivers
I work for the land,
Caring for Waitaha
I work for the native forest
I work with the native trees
I work to re-clothe Papatūānuku
I am a person of the treaty.
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Instrumental
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Lazarus
05:48
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You sat upon the corner, day after day.
Seeking shelter from the sun, you sat outside my gate
I saw you from my window, I saw look my way.
filthy with your sores, reckon of decay.
Send Lazarus to dip his finger in the cool cool water
Send Lazarus to cool my tongue for it is hot down here
You died upon the corner, at the fading of the day.
Like a final act of mercy, the angels carried you away.
I followed you soon after, from behind my grand window.
But I did not go the same way, see I was destined for below.
Send Lazarus to dip his finger in the cool cool water
Send Lazarus to cool my tongue for it is hot down here
If I'm to stay in this torment, I make one true appeal:
Send Lazarus back from the dead, so that they know this shit is real.
If I am stuck within this fire, you have to send a word:
They've had Moses and the prophets but they certainly haven't heard.
Send Lazarus to dip his finger in the cool cool water
Send Lazarus to cool my tongue for it is hot down here
The Prophet's words are lost on them like coals upon their heads,
Surely they will listen when he's risen from the dead...
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Fisher of Man
05:06
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Oh think twice, before you take the bite,
Of this baited hook, too good to be true
Oh that great spider, with her eyes on you,
Too good to be true, she seeks to ensnare you.
Oh the fisher of man, She is the fisher of man.
In the depths of the ocean, like the darkest of night,
You see that glow so alluring, drawn to that Hypnotic light.
And so you approach it, although you know you should wait,
Drift until the last minute, when you can see her teeth and you know it's too late...
Oh the fisher of man, She is the fisher of man.
Flee from the passion of youth,
tear down the fantasy
for it was a lie
and never would satisfy
Even though you might run, you know she won't chase you.
And even though you might hide, you know she won't trace you.
Because you're curious. Because you want to see.
One lapse in judgement and you end up where you don't want to be.
Oh the fisher of man, She is the fisher of man.
Wo, she might catch you, gonna reel you in.
Wo, she's got a hold on you, that hook is under your skin).
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Klobige
07:59
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Instrumental.
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Hold back the axe
05:58
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Hold back the axe
From this barren tree
Spare it the fire
Show it undeserved mercy
give it one more year
and then... if not... it can go
give it one more year, Pray for fruit
give it one more year, Pray for rain
give it one more year, Pray for fruit
give it one more year,
and then... if not... it can go
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Oh my hard heart
06:22
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From my window on the world
every day the same
Suffering and sadness
and the laying of the blame
I find that I recoil
from my window on the world
tired of the same
injury and pain
Oh my hard heart...
(closed to cope)...
Ask a question of the sky
from my window on the world
was this as you intended
I watch it float off in the wind
So do I tolerate the broken?
Am I desensitised to pain?
For through my window on the world,
Every day's the same
Oh my hard heart...
(closed to cope)...
how can you care about fault?
when the damage is done
And I've barely even felt yet,
yes my heart is just begun.
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Physician
04:11
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He healed others, let him heal himself
Father forgive them, they know not what they do
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Kī Rākau
04:18
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Instrumental
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You've dug yourself a hole
It's big and wide and deep
Sweat upon your brow
Dirty hands and feet.
You look down to the bottom,
Considering the depth,
and in you through your problem,
the difficult tangled mess.
You can't bury what's not dead.
And then you fill it in,
Spade by spade by spade
it disappears from sight
fill and fill and fill again
Yes you put it in the ground
down and down and down
it disappears from sight
and you can't put it out of your mind try as you might.
You can't bury what's not dead
No you won't hold it down
It will persist inside your head
clinging on and weighing down
You can't bury what's not dead
Even though you try to hide it
It will persist inside your head
Refusing to stay quiet.
I've dug myself this hole
with a problem in my hands
I long to bury it from sight
But I know that it won't go, try as I might,
Cause you can't bury what's not dead.
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Plant a Tree
04:28
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Stuck in another conversation,
about which strategy will work.
A whole lot of aggravation,
and a tonne of needless talk.
Just shut your mouth and plant a tree, yeah
just shut your mouth and plant a tree
the response is clear to see,
shut your mouth and plant a tree.
Another corpporate presentation
precious oxygen wasted
another stack of printed documents
needless words evaporated.
Just shut your mouth and plant a tree, yeah
Just shut your mouth and plant a tree
the response is clear to see,
shut your mouth and plant a tree
So if you're a consumer,
live and move and breathe and eat.
Save yourself the respiration,
get some fresh earth beneath your feet.
Just shut your mouth and plant a tree, yeah
just shut your mouth and plant a tree
the response is clear to see,
shut your mouth and plant a tree.
Though men may say that it's too late
Yeah though they say our fate is sealed
I would rather make a change
And work toward a world that's healed.
Just shut your mouth and plant a tree, yeah
just shut your mouth and plant a tree
the response is clear to see
shut your mouth and plant a tree.
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