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Released: November 18, 2016

Featuring: Lin-Manuel Miranda Marcy Harriell

Songwriter: Opetaia Foa’i Mark Mancina Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producer: Mark Mancina

[MOANA]
I count the steps from one end of my island to the other
It's a hundred steps from where I sleep to the sea
And when I say I've learned all there is to know
Well there's another little island lesson
Gramma Tala shows me

I know where I am from the scent of the breeze
The ascent of the climb
From the tangle of the trees
From the angle of the mountain
To the sand on our island shore
I've been here before

There's gotta be more
I know there's more, there's always more
Someday I'll be out on the sea
And I'm gonna see more
Yes, there's gotta be more
I know there's more, there's always—

[VILLAGERS]
Moana, slow down

[MOANA]
Sorry! I'm always in somebody's way
They do the same thing every day
They work, they eat, they sleep, they pray
They tell me

[MOANA and VILLAGERS]
"Moana, calm down!"

[MOANA]
That's all they ever seem to say
The other kids just dance and play
How can you play?
There's so much out there to explore

[CHIEF TUI]
She stares at the sky, she stumbles down the beaches
She mumbles all the names that her Gramma Tala teaches

With one foot here and another in the distant past

[SINA]
She's growing up too fast

[MOANA]
And I wanna soar

So much to explore
[MOANA]
Like I said before
There's gotta be more
I know there's more, there's always more
One day I'll be brave and sail on the wave
That leads me to more

There's gotta be more
I know there's more, there's always more
My father the Chief, says "Don't cross the reef"
But, oh, every turn I take, every trail I track
Every path I make, every road leads back to the sea
I'm standing at the edge of the sea
As they all say

[MOANA and SINA]
"Moana, slow down
Moana, dream small
Moana, don't drown"

[MOANA]
Can you drown at the call of the sea?
'Cause I can hear it calling me

[ANCESTORS]
Aue, aue

[MOANA]
A thousand years ago, we used to sail to distant islands
A thousand years ago, Maui spoke to the sea
So maybe, just maybe, I was born to break the silence
I know my story could be extraordinary
I know my story doesn't end at the shore

There's gotta be more
I know there's more, there's always more
I'm gonna break through, and find something new
I'm gonna find more

There's gotta be more
I know there's more, there's always more
One day I'll decide to roll with the tide
And I'm gonna see

[VILLAGERS]
Moana stand tall

[MOANA]
I will cross the divide, I will ride
I will see what's on the other side

[VILLAGERS]
Moana, stand proud

[MOANA]
With the ocean as my guide, on the tide
I will go where no one's ever been before
There's always more

Much of the acclaim Disney has received for its animated films comes from the music recorded for them, typically commissioned to exceptionally talented composers (e.g. Hans Zimmer, Alan Menken) and lyricists (e.g. The Sherman Brothers, Howard Ashman), with occasional help from stars such as Elton John.

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