"Taniwha" feat. Randy Blythe is the third single from Alien Weaponry's highly anticipated third studio album, "Te Rā", out now!
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VIDEO CREDITS
Director: Francis Baker
Director of Photography: Bayley Broome-Peake
2nd Cam: Karl Periam
Production Company: Radlab
Producer: Oliver Carey
Production Manager | Post Producer: Benjamin Geradts
Gaffer/Grip: Julian Wagner
Gaffer/Grip Asst.: Nic Baker
Art Department: Marcus Watson
Hair & Makeup: Celeste Strewe
Hair & Makeup Asst.: Sarah Galley
Production Runner: Alice Bratley
Video Editor: Lewis Brown
Alien Weaponry: Lewis de Jong
Alien Weaponry: Henry de Jong
Alien Weaponry: Tūranga Morgan-Edmonds
Featuring: David Randall Blythe
Talent #1: James Heaphy
Talent #2: Kerry Thornton
Talent #3: Gregg Buchanan
SONG CREDITS
Written by Lewis de Jong, Tūranga Morgan-Edmonds, Henry de Jong, Josh Wilbur and David Randall Blythe
Produced, Mixed, Mastered and Additional Lyrics by Josh Wilbur
Engineered by Steve Ornest
Recorded at Total Access Studio
Proofed by Ropata Taylor
Made with the support of NZ On Air.
LYRICS
An in-balance of power
You have awakened a monster
Under the veil of innocence
A violation of land and time
Wrath falls on the hour
It has come to devour
The beast delivering your penance
A restitution for savage crimes
The skies have opened
Kua matapihipihi ngā rangi
The monster will find you
Ka kitea koe e te Taniwha
Your homes will be devoured
Ka horomia ō koutou kāinga
You have angered the monster
Kua whakararu koe i te taniwha
The monster
Taniwha
An imbalance of power
Kāore he tauritenga o te hautūtanga
You have angered the monster
Kua whakararu koe i te taniwha
You take so much, it’s shameful
He nui tō tango, he whakamā
The monster protects us
Ka tiakina mātou e te Taniwha
Property was stolen from us
I murua ngā whenua i a mātou
The skies have opened
Kua matapihipihi ngā rangi
The monster will find you
Ka kitea koe e te Taniwha
Your homes will be devoured
Ka horomia ō koutou kāinga
You have angered the monster
Kua whakararu koe i te taniwha
The monster
Taniwha
(Randy)
Down beneath the river bed a single eye awakes
Angered by the disrespect of those who only take
Never heeding warnings, an invader far too proud
Now you die beneath the shadow of the long white cloud
You have built on stolen lands
I hangaia e koutou ki runga whenua muru
You own this land? Go back to where you came from
Nō koutou tēnei whenua? Me hoki atu
But it was stolen 100 years ago
Engari i tāhaetia kotahi rau tau ki muri
Unaware of the consequences
Kāore koe e mōhio ki ngā tukunga iho
(Randy)
Claiming land but you never learn
That paper deeds will always burn
In the eye of the spiral
A balance will be reborn
By teeth of the Taniwha
Or strike of the taiaha
All that’s built on theft and lies
Must fall and fade in turn
The skies have opened
Kua matapihipihi ngā rangi
You have awakened a monster
The monster will find you
Ka kitea koe e te Taniwha
Wrath falls on the hour
Your homes will be devoured
Ka horomia ō koutou kāinga
A violation of land and time
You have angered the monster
Kua whakararu koe i te taniwha
The monster
Taniwha
