Thunder rolls across the valley Birds announce the coming rain Swaying trees herald a warning A storm is gathering again Drifting mist, towering forests Middens line these restless shores In a world that's fully living There's rivers running through folklore Takayna May your nature still remain Takayna And the sacred you contain May your nature and your mystery still remain We were made out of this country From the stories and the songs Forever here in reverence We knew the right way to belong But the ravagers would come They would have you bought and sold With dreams of industry and empire And a fool's pursuit of gold Takayna May your nature still remain Takayna And the sacred you contain May your nature and your mystery still remain ♪ You are the air we breathe The water of life You embody all the deeper things That we can't define We will come We will go In a string of precious moments Until the letting go Water beads upon a new leaf Wedge-tails spiral on the breeze May you stay this way forever Full of our awe and majesty Chain of life Come down millions of years May we leave you as we found you Without the haunting fears Takayna May your nature still remain Takayna And the sacred you contain Takayna May your nature still remain Takayna And the sacred you contain May your nature and your mystery still remain May your nature and your mystery still remain