The Feeling Inside "Hawaiian Mountain Mele"
The melody climbs as the singers reach for something higher, capturing the vast majesty of mountain air and the feeling of spiritual liberation.
Within Kai Mana, this song is one facet of love for Maui: gratitude, memory, longing, sensuality, reverence, playfulness, or release shaped for listeners who arrive with different moods and needs.
AlbumIsland Breeze
Track4
Moodinspirational, airy
Emotional Temperaturebright
Narrative Rolespiritual ascent
Images the Song Carries
- rising melody
- mountain peak
- crisp air
- spiritual freedom
- Hawaiian breeze
Lyrics and Hawaiian Gloss
Female – Hawaiian melody
Ka makani o ke kuahiwi, calling me to fly
ʻAuhea wale e ka lā, golden in the sky
Climbing higher, heart is lighter, echoes answer me
O ke kai mai lalo nei, rising melody
Male – Jodel
Yoh-deh-lay, yo-ho!
Yoh-deh-ee-oh-lay!
Female
Holo aʻe i nā pali, footsteps beat in time
Lei of clouds around the peak, shining as we climb
Hawaiian breeze and mountain air dancing in my chest
Kū i luna, we are free, this is where we're blessed
Male – Jodel
Yo-lee-ay-ee-ay!
Yo-hoo-doh-lay-ee!
Female + Male harmonies
Kuahiwi and the kai, two worlds in one song
Hear the yodel meet the islands, carry us along
Kanikapila in the heights, laughter floating wide
Ola ka puʻuwai when we sing side by side
Male – Jodel reprise
Yoh-deh-lay-oh-lee!
Yo-ho-ree!
Female – closing
Mountain to the ocean, all the sounds align
Aloha in the echoes, forever intertwined
Ka makani o ke kuahiwi, calling me to fly
ʻAuhea wale e ka lā, golden in the sky
Climbing higher, heart is lighter, echoes answer me
O ke kai mai lalo nei, rising melody
Male – Jodel
Yoh-deh-lay, yo-ho!
Yoh-deh-ee-oh-lay!
Female
Holo aʻe i nā pali, footsteps beat in time
Lei of clouds around the peak, shining as we climb
Hawaiian breeze and mountain air dancing in my chest
Kū i luna, we are free, this is where we're blessed
Male – Jodel
Yo-lee-ay-ee-ay!
Yo-hoo-doh-lay-ee!
Female + Male harmonies
Kuahiwi and the kai, two worlds in one song
Hear the yodel meet the islands, carry us along
Kanikapila in the heights, laughter floating wide
Ola ka puʻuwai when we sing side by side
Male – Jodel reprise
Yoh-deh-lay-oh-lee!
Yo-ho-ree!
Female – closing
Mountain to the ocean, all the sounds align
Aloha in the echoes, forever intertwined