[a cappella] [male choir] [layered harmonies] [slow ceremonial chant] [Intro - distant choir] Ahhh... Ahhh... Hee-ya... Hee-ya... Mmmmmm... [Verse 1 - solo voice] We came in the dawn, feet bare on the deck Salt on our skin, wind in our hair [Choir enters softly] The sea lay waiting, we learned your name From the wind above And the waters below [Pre-Chorus - call and response] Leader: Hee-ya, hee-ya Choir: Carry us home Leader: Hee-ya, hee-ya Choir: Through sea and storm [Chorus - full choir] O, vaka o te moana O, vaka o te moana Guide us through the deep Guide us through the dark O, vaka o te moana O, vaka o te moana We are one voice rising We are one with all [Verse 2 - solo voice] Thunder in the distance, slow like a heart Mothers and lovers calling us home [Choir harmonies] The sun on the waves, the reef in the deep Names we remember from the dreams we keep [Pre-Chorus - call and response] Leader: Hee-ya, hee-ya Choir: Raise the sail Leader: Hee-ya, hee-ya Choir: We have come far [Chorus - full choir] O, vaka o te moana O, vaka o te moana Guide us through the deep Guide us through the dark O, vaka o te moana O, vaka o te moana We are one voice rising We are one with all [Bridge - layered choir] Mmmmmm... Oh, island of sun and moon Oh, sorrow, fade like rain Mmmmmm... Let the old waters flow Let the old shadows go [Choir swell] Oh, hear us now Hear us now We will not break We will not bow [Instrumental Break - voices only] Ahhh... Hee-ya... Ahhh... Hee-ya... Mmmmmm... [Final Chorus - powerful choir] O, vaka o te moana O, vaka o te moana Guide us through the deep Guide us through the dark O, vaka o te moana O, vaka o te moana We are one voice rising We are one with all [Choir repeats] O-o-o, vaka o te moana O-o-o, vaka o te moana Ahhh... Ahhh... [Outro - fading choir] The stars knew the way before we were born Ahhh... The moon on the water remembers our song Mmmmmm... Hee-ya... Hee-ya... [fade out]
