Kihanuililimoku

[Intro ] Kihanuililimoku... Kihanuililimoku... E ala mai, moʻo nui o ka ʻāina! E ala! ________________________________________ [Verse 1] In the black ‘ohi’a forest, past the reach of the sun, Where the water runs thick Ka mālie, ʻeha ʻole a makeh He hā hāmau i ka makani, he haʻalulu i nā iwi. Kihanuililimoku is coming home. She coils through roots and molten rock, Jaw wide open like shattered glass. No prayer can save you, no wall can stand— She’s the pulse of the blood beneath the ‘aina. ________________________________________ [Chorus] Kihanuililimoku RISE! Crack the ground with your scream! Moʻo queen of nightmare, eater of dreams. Kihanuililimoku STRIKE! Make the mountains split and bleed— With a tongue like pūnohu, and a hunger to feed! Her scales are death, her eyes are wrath, They built their homes where she used to sleep, They stole her streams, stole her rain But you can't bury a god with machines— She waits in the lava, she waits in the stream. Kihanuililimoku don’t care, don’t forgive Every wound is a promise, every slight a debt. “A hiki mai ʻo ia, pau ka mele— I koe nā iwi, me ka weliweli.” ________________________________________ [Bridge] E ala e Kihanuililimoku! E ala e Kihanuililimoku! ʻUē ka honua, walawala ka moana! ʻAʻole hiki ke paʻa iā ʻoe! (Rise, Kihanuililimoku! The earth cries, the ocean trembles! You cannot be held down!) ________________________________________ [Final] Kihanuililimoku RISE! Rip the island into flame! ʻAʻohe mea nānā iā ia e hoʻi like.” Kihanuililimoku BURNS! With eyes of diamond, breath of ash— She swallows time in a thunder crash! [Final chant under music:] Moʻo o ka ʻāina, moʻo o ke ahi, Kihanuililimoku – kaua e! (The moʻo of the land, the moʻo of fire, Kihanuililimoku –