[Chorus]
I look back, I look into the past
And I see me on the plane, the time goes so fast
I remember when I landed in this country
New Zealand, new home,
The language wasn’t a boundary
´Cause you have accepted me and called me brother, son and friend
You were there next to me, alone I’ve never felt
Though I have to leave. you will be always in my heart
Always on my mind, the time won’t erase that deep mark
Unforgettable useful lessons that I’ve learned
Not just the English language but the live one as well
A tongue without any meaning
If it wasn’t because those adventures that we are living
And I’m glad and proud to have shared my one with you
I can’t capture in simple words all my gratitude
All the emotions that now I’m feeling
To be again in a plane ready for this country leaving.
Even I’m going back where I was born
I’m not sure if I’m returning or I’m leaving home
What makes you say where are you from?
The place of birth or where a man you become?
Matariki did it to the Maori nation
Like the stars you were the light
That guided me on the right direction
During my journey where the day begin
Enough reasons I have to come back again.
´Cause I’m in love with that land of the long white cloud,
And theirs paradises that I’ve been lucky to found around
Northland, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Taupo, West Coast, Tauranga
Golden Bay, Auckland, Queenstown, Canterbury, Lake Wanaka.
[Chorus]
The starting line: July 2006
The goal: being a year overseas
And I achieved it never walking alone,
And it’s for you that I wrote this song
For you who have always understood me
For you who have always stayed by me
For you who have made the difficult times a lot easier
This is the way for me to say thank you
Join sky above to earth below
Just as people join together
No matter the time, no matter the distance
You gonna be with me for ever
[Chorus x2]
And I look back, I look into the past
And I c me on the plane, the time goes so fast
I remember when I landed in this country
New Zealand, new home,
Aotearoa 2006, 2007
no goodbyes, just good memo