Ka mea i koʻu naʻau (What I keep in my Heart) [Remake]
Slow, heartfelt, sad, Acoustic, tribal drums, Polynesian chants, simple, rhythmic stomps, call-and-response, ancient, oceanic spirit, ancestral , primal energy, ceremonial intensity.
Ka mea i koʻu naʻau (What I keep in my Heart) [Remake]
Slow, heartfelt, sad, Acoustic, tribal drums, Polynesian chants, simple, rhythmic stomps, call-and-response, ancient, oceanic spirit, ancestral , primal energy, ceremonial intensity.
Lyrics
**English translation at the bottom**
** The hawaian language isn't as broad as english, so it is a rough translation trying to maintain the storyline the best way possible**
Verse
Mai holo i ke kai, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike
ooooooooooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa oooooooooooo
He aha kāu e ʻike ai
E hoʻopaʻa i kou lima, e noho!
ooooooooooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa oooooooooooo
Chorus
"ʻAʻole kēia ka pau ʻana, ʻaʻole paʻa kēia honua!"
"Aia hou aku ka ʻike, mai nānā wale i ka ulu ʻana o ka mauʻu!"
tribal drums
ooooooooooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa oooooooooooo
ooooooooooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa oooooooooooo
Verse
E hāʻule nā kiaʻi
ooooooooooooo
E hoʻokaʻawale lākou iā ʻoe
ooooooooooooo
E ʻae aku me ka makemake
ooooooooooooo
E ʻai ia i kou ʻuhane
ooooooooooooo
ʻAʻohe hauʻoli hou
Chorus
"ʻO ia nō ka mea, inā e noho au!"
"E ʻike au i ka mea ma waho!"
"ʻAʻohe oʻu pono i nā hōʻailona, e hana wau i koʻu ala ponoʻī!"
"ʻAʻole ʻoe nona iaʻu, he keiki au no ke kai!"
ENGLISH [ROUGH TRANSLATION]
verse
Never set sail
you won't know
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what you'll find
keep your hands at bay
stay!
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oooooooooooo
chorus
"this cannot be all
it is not all there is
there is more to this world
than looking at the grass grow"
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verse
the keepers wll fail you
ooooooooooooo
stray you off your course
ooooooooooooo
let it enter willingly
ooooooooooooo
to feast on your soul
ooooooooooooo
hapiness no more
chorus
"it is the same if I stay
i most know what is out there
I need no clues, I'll make my own
you don't own me, I'm a child of the sea"