Split Enz - Kia Kaha Lyrics






(Kia kaha)
I left you in the shelter
On a wet waikato day
The rain came like a flood
Washed our stamping ground away
And so the ties were broken (never look back)
Our situation's changed (Kia kaha)
I wonder to myself now
If we are still the same

We used to laugh at the words of the old school song (Kia kia kia kia)
But now I hope that you will ever be strong (Kia kaha)

We gathered in the basement
Like some religious sect
A band of idle dreamers
In a small town safety net
It's been as long as five years
Since we were face to face (Kia kaha)
We're feeling for the first time
Should have something to show for our age

We used to laugh at the words of the old school song (Kia kia kia kia)
But now I hope that you will ever be strong (Kia kaha)
When I left town I thought an angel watched over me (Kia kia kia kia)
It was a shock to find the devil inside me, beside me (Kia kaha)

[Maori Haka:]
Ka mate! Ka mate! [It is death for me]
Ka ora! Ka ora! [I live!]
Ka mate! Ka mate! [It is death for me]
Ka ora! Ka ora! [I live!]
Tenei te tangata puhuru-huru [Behold the brave man]
Nana nei i tiki mai, [Literally the hairy man]
Whakawhiti te ra! [Who has caused the sun to shine again]
Aue upane! Aue kaupane! [Up the ladder]
Aue upane, kaupane [Up and up]
Whiti te ra! [Into the light of the sun]

(Kia Kaha)
Where did it go, I never noticed it passing
(Kia Kaha)
Already it's a long time ago...





Other Lyrics by Artist

Rand Lyrics

Last Posts

Split Enz Kia Kaha Comments
  1. G.... S....

    best song on this album by far methinks. only one that lives up to the time and tide era enz

  2. a.... t....

    Great song from split enz, as a Aussie I remember as a teen buying a double cassette tape and thinking this band rocks. Tim Finn solo was way better then crowded house with Neil

  3. e.... ....

    for some reason I feel like Animal Collective got their entire vibe from this one song

  4. A.... G....

    Think this song is about the last year of so Split Enz was together, seems to be reflected in the lyrics. I remember the time quite well, Tim Finn left the scene first though this song was originally on the Conflicting Emotions album released in 1983. Great NZ music but I never really got into Crowded House.

    A.... G....

    This song was on See Ya Round - which was their farewell album it wasn't on Conflicting Emotion.

  5. A.... C....

    Kia Kaha mean be strong.. I think.
    I like the Ka Mate New Zealand haka in the middle of the song. The pre-Crowded House days. I have this on CD autographed by all the members including Paul Hester. He put a halo over his head on his autograph.

    A.... C....

    Ominous.

    A.... C....

    Kia Kaha was the motto of Te Awamutu College. It means "Ever Be Strong"

  6. M.... A....

    I LOVE this song!  Working on an acoustic version, but don't know if it will ever live up to the original.

    M.... A....

    Good luck, and as my band director would say: good skill!