takayna

Thunder rolls across the valley
Birds announce the coming rain
Swaying trees herald a warning
A storm is gathering again

Drifting mist in towering forests
Middens line these restless shores
In a world that's fully living
Rivers running through folklore

Takayna
May your nature still remain
Takayna
For the sacred you contain
May your nature and your mystery still remain

We were made out of this country
From the stories and the songs
Forever here in reverence
We knew the right way to belong

But the ravagers would come
They would have you bought and sold
With dreams of industry and empire
And a fool's pursuit of gold

Takayna
May your nature still remain
Takayna
For the sacred you contain
May your nature and your mystery still remain

You are the air we breathe
The water of life
You embody all the deeper things
That we can't define

We will come
We will go
In a string of precious moments
Until the letting go

Water beads upon a new leaf
Wedge tails spiral on the breeze
May you stay this way forever
Full of awe and majesty
Chain of life
Come down millions of years
May we leave you as we found you
Without the haunting fears

Takayna
May your nature still remain
Takayna
For the sacred you contain

Takayna
May your nature still remain
Takayna
For the sacred you contain
May your nature and your mystery still remain

May your nature and your mystery still remain