(Intro) (A deep, guttural throat-singing drone holds a single, low note) (Slow, heavy drum heartbeat: THUD... THUD... THUD...) (Low, whispered group chant) Pah-pah-too-ah-noo-koo (Papatūānuku - Earth Mother) Rahn-ghee-noo-ee (Ranginui - Sky Father) Pah-pah-too-ah-noo-koo... Rahn-ghee-noo-ee... (Verse 1) (Spoken with gravelly intensity over the drone) From the darkness of the endless night The forest father pushes toward the light Tah-nay Mah-hoo-tah (Tāne Mahuta - God of the Forest) breaks the hold A million years of green and gold He tears the earth and sky apart To start the beating of the heart The giant trees now pierce the sky Where the ancient spirits lie. (Chorus) (Drums erupt into a driving, aggressive rhythm) (Full choir of deep voices shouting together) Mah-nah! (Mana - Spiritual power/Prestige) Feel it rising from the deep! Mah-nah! Waking from the longest sleep! Tahn-gah-row-ah (Tangaroa - God of the Sea) rules the wave The ocean belongs to the brave! Ow-tay-ah-row-ah! (Aotearoa - New Zealand) (Verse 2) (Music drops back to just a rhythmic, pulsing drum and a bone flute) Carve the wood and shape the bone Our blood is bound to earth and stone Hear the calling of the Ee-wee (Iwi - Tribe) Across the mountains, to the sea The shadow falls upon the fern Watch the mountain summits burn We draw the lines upon the skin To show the battles fought within. (Bridge) (Acapella. Heavy foot stomping and rhythmic, synchronized breathing) Hah-kah! (Haka) Breath of fire, breath of ice! Hah-kah! Pay the blood, pay the price! We sing the Kah-rah-key-ah (Karakia - Prayer/Incantation) loud Beneath the heavy, hanging cloud! (Chorus) (Maximum volume, huge wall of sound) Mah-nah! Feel it rising from the deep! Mah-nah! Waking from the longest sleep! Tahn-gah-row-ah rules the wave The ocean belongs to the brave! Ow-tay-ah-row-ah! (Outro) (The heavy percussion suddenly stops) (Only the low drone and the sound of crashing ocean waves remain) (Slow, fading chant) Ow-tay-ah-row-ah... Ow-tay-ah-row-ah... (A single blast of a shell horn) (Silence)