The Feeling Inside "Makani's Dance Through the Lehua Blossoms"
This is the silliest song Kai Mana has ever recorded, and they know it. A conversation between wind and blossom becomes a full-on dance number, complete with call-and-response that sounds like the musicians made it up on the spot (because they probably did). The flutes in the bridge sound genuinely giddy.
AlbumRadiance
Track3
Vocal PerformerLehua, Makani
Moodplayful, whimsical
Emotional Temperaturedizzying
Narrative Rolewind speaks
Images the Song Carries
- dancing wind
- lehua blossoms
- joyful rhythm
- tree canopy
Lyrics and Hawaiian Gloss
Intro
gentle wind chimes and playful flute
Verse 1 – Lehua
Oh, Makani, why do you tease?
You tickle my leaves, you bend my knees!
I'm rooted here, in sunlit grace,
While you rush by at flying pace!
Verse 2 – Makani
Oh, Lehua, bright and sweetly dressed!
I bring the rain, I cool your rest!
I'll lift your scent, so soft, so rare,
And carry it through mountain air!
Chorus – Call & Response
Dance with me! (Dance with me!)
Through the trees! (Through the trees!)
Makani's laugh, Lehua's sigh!
Painting rainbows in the sky!
Dance with me! (Dance with me!)
Don't be shy! (Don't be shy!)
A whirl of red, a swirl of blue,
The sweetest dance for me and you!
Verse 3 – Lehua
You spin me round, you make me sway!
I lose my petals, tossed your way!
But oh, the joy, the dizzy flight!
You turn my morning into light!
Verse 4 – Makani
I'll take your kiss, your fragrant sigh,
And send it soaring, oh so high!
To valleys deep and mountains grand,
The sweetest gift across the land!
Chorus – Call & Response
Dance with me! (Dance with me!)
Through the trees! (Through the trees!)
Makani's laugh, Lehua's sigh!
Painting rainbows in the sky!
Dance with me! (Dance with me!)
Don't be shy! (Don't be shy!)
A whirl of red, a swirl of blue,
The sweetest dance for me and you!
Bridge – Flute Solo
The flutes sound genuinely giddy — a dizzy, spiraling conversation between wind and flower.
Final Chorus
Dance with me! (Dance forever!)
Through the trees! (Never sever!)
Makani's laugh, Lehua's sigh!
Painting rainbows in the sky!
Dance with me! (Oh, what a feeling!)
Don't be shy! (Pure, sweet healing!)
A whirl of red, a swirl of blue,
The sweetest dance... for me... and you!
gentle wind chimes and playful flute
Verse 1 – Lehua
Oh, Makani, why do you tease?
You tickle my leaves, you bend my knees!
I'm rooted here, in sunlit grace,
While you rush by at flying pace!
Verse 2 – Makani
Oh, Lehua, bright and sweetly dressed!
I bring the rain, I cool your rest!
I'll lift your scent, so soft, so rare,
And carry it through mountain air!
Chorus – Call & Response
Dance with me! (Dance with me!)
Through the trees! (Through the trees!)
Makani's laugh, Lehua's sigh!
Painting rainbows in the sky!
Dance with me! (Dance with me!)
Don't be shy! (Don't be shy!)
A whirl of red, a swirl of blue,
The sweetest dance for me and you!
Verse 3 – Lehua
You spin me round, you make me sway!
I lose my petals, tossed your way!
But oh, the joy, the dizzy flight!
You turn my morning into light!
Verse 4 – Makani
I'll take your kiss, your fragrant sigh,
And send it soaring, oh so high!
To valleys deep and mountains grand,
The sweetest gift across the land!
Chorus – Call & Response
Dance with me! (Dance with me!)
Through the trees! (Through the trees!)
Makani's laugh, Lehua's sigh!
Painting rainbows in the sky!
Dance with me! (Dance with me!)
Don't be shy! (Don't be shy!)
A whirl of red, a swirl of blue,
The sweetest dance for me and you!
Bridge – Flute Solo
The flutes sound genuinely giddy — a dizzy, spiraling conversation between wind and flower.
Final Chorus
Dance with me! (Dance forever!)
Through the trees! (Never sever!)
Makani's laugh, Lehua's sigh!
Painting rainbows in the sky!
Dance with me! (Oh, what a feeling!)
Don't be shy! (Pure, sweet healing!)
A whirl of red, a swirl of blue,
The sweetest dance... for me... and you!