Child of the Tide

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Steady as the deep

Oh-oh

Verse 1

Grandmother spoke of Hina's path across the moon

My bloodline wind carries every name they sang

From the Marquesas stones to the lagoon

I hold the voyaging compass where the stars hang

Pre-Chorus

Six generations sleeping in my hands

Every swell I answer like a promise kept

The old ones knew the ocean understands

I'm the wake they left when others slept

Chorus

(Tell me who you are) I'm the child of the tide

(Tell me who you are) Maui's fire in my stride

(Tell me who you are) Navigator of the night

I carry every voyage in my core so bright

Verse 2

Kanaloa whispers through the reef I cross

Te Fiti's green breathes underneath my skin

I'm Tongan, Hawaiian, Tahitian, born the loss

The whole of Polynesia carries from within

Pre-Chorus

No strangers here just cousins on the waves

The ancestors are shouting through the breeze

They gave me courage when the world was brave

And left their stories singing in the trees

Chorus

(Tell me who you are) I'm the child of the tide

(Tell me who you are) Maui's fire in my stride

(Tell me who you are) Navigator of the night

I carry every voyage in my core so bright

Instrumental

Bridge

From Rapa Nui to the rising sand

One family stretched across the wide blue land

The tapa cloth and the carved canoe

My pride don't fade it only grew

Chorus

(Tell me who you are) I'm the child of the tide

(Tell me who you are) Maui's fire in my stride

(Tell me who you are) Navigator of the night

I carry every voyage in my core so bright

Instrumental outro