(Intro) (Sound of a heartbeat: Thump-thump... Thump-thump...) (Sound of heavy rain falling on leaves) (A low, throat-singing drone begins on a bass note) (Whispered chant) Key-ah Kah-hah... (Kia Kaha - Be strong) Key-ah Kah-hah... (Verse 1) (Slow, menacing drum beat enters) The mist is rolling off the hill The morning air is cold and still The wood is carved, the weapon raised The ancestors are sung and praised We stand together, line by line The blood of old is yours and mine Toe-ah! (Toa - Warrior) Toe-ah! (Chorus) (Drums double in speed and intensity - Tribal and heavy) (Group vocals shout) Fah-now! (Whānau - Family/Community) Bind the spirit, bind the soul! Fah-now! Make the broken circle whole! From the darkness to the light We own the rhythm of the fight! Mah-nah! (Mana - Power/Prestige) Mah-nah! (Verse 2) (Music strips back to just the drone and a rhythmic clapping) See the whites of wild eyes Poo-kah-nah (Pūkana - Facial expression/wild eyes) beneath the skies! Tongue is out to taste the air There is no mercy waiting there The earth will shake beneath the feet Where the sky and ocean meet Toe-ah! Toe-ah! (Bridge) (Intense, fast percussion. Sound of feet stomping in unison) (Chanted aggressively) Kah Mah-teh! (Ka Mate - Is it death!) Kah Oh-rah! (Ka Ora - Is it life!) Kah Mah-teh! Kah Oh-rah! We do not fear the setting sun The battle is already won! Ee-wee! (Iwi - Tribe) Ee-wee! (Chorus) (Maximum volume, epic wall of sound) Fah-now! Bind the spirit, bind the soul! Fah-now! Make the broken circle whole! From the darkness to the light We own the rhythm of the fight! Mah-nah! Mah-nah! (Outro) (Drums stop abruptly on a loud crack) (Long silence, then a single deep breath) (Whispered) Ah-kay... Ah-kay... (Ake - Forever) (Fade to black)