Nā Moku ʻo nā Laʻau Lyrics

How is life in a beat-up world?

Can you still smile with your eyes

Or are your lips just curled?

Could it be like when we first met

When we'd just left the institution

And were both in debt?

And you said you were lost

And, so, you let me take your hand

We waded 'cross the sand

Unto a place that soon would make us understand

Nā Moku ʻo nā Laʻau

Hoʻo hua nui i ʻike

Paua Paʻu lau

Lupa lupa ho, pua kaʻie

So everybody shook their heads

They said that we were young

And deviating from our threads

It could be foolishness or pride

They're not at all like us

They don't know what we feel inside

So, we would feel our best

When we would see each other's eyes

For we could see the skies

And then we knew that we would never compromise

Nā Moku ʻo nā Laʻau

Hoʻo hua nui i ʻike

Paua Paʻu lau

Lupa lupa ho, pua kaʻie

Now you're a bird who cannot sing

You've seen the compass and the path

But you're not following

You don't belong in worlds between

The magic that you seem to hold

Is one not often seen

So, I will take your hand

And lead us to the Bodhi Tree

The one down by the sea

And let its sacred spell engulf and cover you and me

Nā Moku ʻo nā Laʻau

Hoʻo hua nui i ʻike

Paua Paʻu lau

Lupa lupa ho, pua kaʻie

Nā Moku ʻo nā Laʻau

Hoʻo hua nui i ʻike

Paua Paʻu lau

Lupa lupa ho, pua kaʻie

Nā Moku ʻo nā Laʻau

Hoʻo hua nui i ʻike

Paua Paʻu lau

Lupa lupa ho, pua kaʻie