(Intro) (The deafening sound of a freezing blizzard and howling wind) (A haunting, shivering bone flute plays a broken, erratic melody) (The sound of heavy, labored breathing and chattering teeth) (Whispered, frantic chant) Maw-keh-row... (Mākaro - Freezing cold) Toh-ngah-ree-row... (Tongariro - The Mountain) Maw-keh-row... (Verse 1) (Slow, heavy, irregular drum beat enters like a failing heartbeat: THUD... ... THUD...) The ice is heavy on the sacred wood Where no mortal man has ever stood Nah-toe-row (Ngātoro - The High Priest) climbs into the grey To claim the mountain and the dying day The snow is blinding and the wind is a knife A frozen grip on the fading life He falls to his knees in the endless white To sing to the sisters in the eternal night. (Chorus) (The striking of flint begins—Clack-clack! Clack-clack!—growing faster) (Full choir of deep voices roaring in desperate survival) Teh Ah-hee! (Te Ahi - The Fire) Send the flame from the ancient shore! Teh Ah-hee! Through the ocean and the heavy door! Hah-why-key! (Hawaiki - The Ancestral Homeland) Hear the priest in the freezing storm! Hah-why-key! Break the earth and make me warm! (Verse 2) (Music drops to a terrifying, deep, distorted bass rumble echoing from far below) The sisters hear the Kah-rah-key-ah (Karakia - Incantation/Prayer) call They cast the magic where the shadows fall The fire dives beneath the crushing wave To pull the brother from a frozen grave It bursts through the rock, it boils the lake The sleeping giants of the earth awake Through Row-toe-roo-ah (Rotorua) and the Tow-poe (Taupō) deep The burning veins of the mountain creep! (Bridge) (Acapella. Frantic, heavy chest-slapping and the hiss of boiling water turning to steam) Poo-ee-ah! (Puia - Geyser/Volcano) The water screams in the boiling dark! Poo-ee-ah! The saving grace of the burning spark! Mow-ree Oh-rah! (Mauri Ora - Breath of life/Survival) The blood is hot in the freezing vein! Mow-ree Oh-rah! The fire conquers the ice and rain! (Chorus) (Maximum volume, huge wall of sound with crashing percussion, roaring voices, and volcanic explosions) Teh Ah-hee! Send the flame from the ancient shore! Teh Ah-hee! Through the ocean and the heavy door! Hah-why-key! Hear the priest in the freezing storm! Hah-why-key! Break the earth and make me warm! (Outro) (The heavy percussion suddenly stops) (The sound of the freezing wind is replaced by the gentle, bubbling hiss of a geothermal hot spring) (Spoken in a deep, exhausted whisper) The ice is broken. The earth is breathing. Ow-tay-ah-row-ah... (A single, warm, echoing breath is exhaled)