Harakeke
Jen Cloher * Track #2 On I Am The River, The River Is Me
Harakeke Lyrics
[Verse 1]
In the morning
Frost upon the glass
And you’re yawning
Mist into the dark
What’s the feeling
Before thinking?
[Verse 2]
Down the hallway
To the kitchen
Kettle boiling
While you’re stretching
What’s the feeling
Before speaking?
[Verse 3]
This feeling
Holds a broken heart
That’s grieving
Rising through my lungs
It’s a hum
Filling me up with the sun
[Verse 4]
In my dream
You call me on the phone
Just to say
You are not alone
Now let go
You don’t always have to see
[Verse 5]
In my dream
You are by my side
And I see
Tō moko kauae
Rangatira me te wahine toa
[Verse 6]
This feeling
Holds a broken heart
That’s grieving
Rising through my lungs
It’s a hum
Filling mе up with the sun
[Verse 7]
Wide open
Connеcted and unbroken
Spoken
Feel it on my tongue
It’s a hum
Kōrero i tāku reo
Harakeke Q&A
Who wrote Harakeke's ?
Harakeke was written by Jen Cloher.
Who produced Harakeke's ?
Harakeke was produced by Jen Cloher & Jen Sholakis & Thomas Healy & Hachiku.
What have the artists said about the music video?
The clip for my new song ‘Harakeke’ stars two extremely talented Māori performers who are also based in Naarm, Melbourne. Fallon Te Paa and Breanne Peters are members of T’HONI Kapa Haka, who you might remember from the Being Human video. Fallon’s five year old daughter Iranui makes an appearance in...
What did Jen Cloher say about "Harakeke"?
Harakeke (or the flax plant) has been used by Māori for whāriki (weaving) for hundreds of years. Before this song had lyrics I named the demo ‘Wild Grass’. As I started to write the lyrics I saw that it was a communication, I was being told the things I needed to hear and it was being woven into a s...