Verse*1 Here's*
an insight to a time You
gotta step back to before the spring box tours Where
social circumstance conditioned, minds Had
to adapt to survive our, people in the frontlines Now
Maori response a resistance A
form to challenge to system Nga
tamatoa had heads on the line Maori
language they potitioned Hook
*Suffered*
they did ignorant, of implications Ostrasized
against, what they knew was wrong For
what they knew was right The
blood shed flowing tears Bearing
scars from the years Can
even explain the entirety of what they did Connections
pierced of the past into the land Wounded
links between those gone And
who now stands We
do remember(Bastion Point) We
do remember(Parihaka) We
do remember(Waitangi) We
do remember So
comprehend yes, comprehend the 10 seconds before Because
the line is never straight No
no, no, it ain't ever straight And
it ain't ever what you saw Wouldn't
you call them soldiers Wouldn't
you bow your head Wouldn't
you raise your hands Instead
of closing your ears Wouldn't
you seek their knowledge Wouldn't
you wake the dead Wouldn't
you applaud the cause Instead
of fearing what is
