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Fly You Home

by Ariana Tikao

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Ariana Tikao (Kāi Tahu) waiata ‘Fly You Home’ explores friendship across distance and indigenous solidarity. The song was playing on the radio in a dream that Ariana had during the first lockdown in 2020. When she awoke, she remembered the first few lines and jotted them down. ‘Fly You Home’ was produced by Brooke Singer and Ben Lemi (of French For Rabbits) who also perform on the track.

It is written in a mix of English and te reo Māori, and was funded by the Waiata Takitahi initiative jointly funded by NZ on Air and Te Māngai Pāhō. Ariana sees the waiata as a musical bridge to connect to her friend, the internationally renowned Lakota/Kiowa Apache storyteller Dovie Thomason who Ariana addresses directly in the waiata.

“I started writing it during our first lockdown, and felt we were in a relatively privileged position here in Aotearoa. I was really concerned for other indigenous communities around the world. Dovie said in a comment on Facebook that she was ‘lying prone’ with a back problem at the time and that really spoke to me about the vulnerability of many indigenous peoples worldwide”.

lyrics

Every day we hear the toll
We’re in this together
Don’t you know
Overseas they’re out of control
I turn away I don’t want to know

Dovie you’re a bird
and you’re lying prone
I just want to fly you home

Let my spine be a path for you
Sky father is chiming blue
There’s no orange
Only red with gold
We become the tales we’re told

Dovie you’re a bird
and you’re lying prone
I just want to fly you home

Waiho taku tuaiwi hei ara mōu
Whāia te kahuraki, he tohu
Kāore he karaka
He pākākā noa
I ahu tātou i te pūrākau

Kūkū, he manu tāpapa ana
Hoki mai rere mai ki taku taha

He kōtuku rereka tahi koe
Me hoki mai ā wairua kē

credits

released May 26, 2022
‘Fly You Home’ lyrics, vocals and taoka puoro by Ariana Tikao
Translation and te reo support by Ross Calman (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Kāi Tahu)
Produced, recorded and mixed by Brooke Singer and Ben Lemi
Backing vocals and keys by Brooke Singer
Drums, Bass, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar by Ben Lemi
Mastered by Mike Gibson, Munki Music

Cover image composition by Jacob Perkins, RDYSTDY
Illustrations by Emma Riha Kitson (Kāi Tahu)
Graphic design by Hannah Howes
Promotion and label support by Oro Records NZ
Project management by Horomaka Productions

Funded by NZ on Air and Te Māngai Pāho 'Waiata Takitahi' initiative

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