Buster Caitcheon - Opoutere Lyrics

Oh my love, run with me
Hand in hand we'll go to an ancient land
Where te tui serenade the sun
We used to run between the pine trees

And oh this moon, she saw me bloom
Exhale trouble of the world I knew
At least I have here to be
And at last I can clearly breathe
Yeah

Now it's our turn to bathe in the sunset
And you can use my heart as a head rest
What a beautiful place, what a beautiful face
And we can laugh at the shapes our bodies make
These are constellations I can trace
Oh I'm awake

I have grown this love from a seed
Now it's a forest that meets the sea
I have spent my life at the beach
Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie

Tipi smoke burning low
Rise with the sunlight, breathe like the tide
We're alive
Oh I'm alive

Sacred land, I call her home
One day I hope to stand here an old man
With a big, white beard
And grandchildren free of fear

Oh and it's safe to say that I miss her
The banks just compounded the pressure
How can she be owned? How can land be owned?
But the fire still warms our cold feet
Drums echo the same great heartbeat
Oh I believe

I have grown this love from a seed
Now it's a forest that meets the sea
I have spent my life at the beach
Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie

Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie
Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie

Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie
Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie

Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie
Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie

Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie
Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie, hey

I have grown this love from a seed
Now it's a forest that meets the sea
I have spent my life on this beach
Ohui, Ohui ie, ie, ie

Opoutere, Ohui ie, ie, ie
Opoutere, Ohui ie, ie, ie
Opoutere, Ohui ie, ie, ie
Opoutere, Ohui

I just woke up from the strangest dream
I was you, and you were me
Infinite family
Underneath these old trees