Together Alone
Neil Finn/Bub Wehi/Mark Hart

Together alone
Above and beneath
We were as close
As anyone can be
Now you are gone
Far away from me
As is once
Will always be
Together alone

Anei ra maua (here we are together)
E piri tahi nei (in a very close embrace)
E noha tahi nei (being together)
Ko maua anake (just us alone)
Kei runga a Rangi (Rangi the sky-father is above)
Ko papa kei raro (the earth mother is below)
E mau tonu nei (our love for one another)
Kia mau tonu ra (is everlasting)

Together alone
Shallow and deep
Holding our breath
Paying death no heed
I’m still your friend
When you are in need
As is once
Will always be
Earth and sky
Moon and sea

Karanga:

Tēnā koutou i whakarongo mai nei ki tēnei rōpū nei e,
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou.

Song appears on:

Crowded House - Together Alone (1993 album)

Previously available on SingleS:

“It was a memorable day when we did ‘Together Alone’. It was an idea that came about during the recording of the album that we should try and write something to draw in what we saw as a few strands of New Zealand music. A Māori singing group was a pretty central part of the New Zealand experience. I was also very fond of brass bands when I grew up because they used to play on the back of trucks at Christmas time and come around. It was a sound I loved. The log drummers was something I’d become aware of only really in that period, although it’s old as the hills. We thought we’d unite them all and wrote a song based around that idea. Got together with Bub Wehi from Te Waka Huia, the Māori group in West Auckland. I gave him the idea of what the song should be about and he wrote some lyrics. So it was well conceived and I think it was a beautiful ending to the record.”

— Neil Finn, 2016