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I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) lyrics

[Gramma Tala:]
I know a girl from an island
She stands apart from the crowd
She loves the sea and her people
She makes her whole family proud
Sometimes the world seems against you
The journey may leave a scar
But scars can heal and reveal just
Where you are
The people you love will change you
The things you have learned will guide you
And nothing on earth can silence
The quiet voice still inside you
And when that voice starts to whisper
Moana you've come so far
Moana listen
Do you know who you are?
 
[Moana:]
Who am I?
I am a girl who loves my island
I'm the girl who loves the sea
It calls me
I am the daughter of the village chief
We are descended from voyagers
Who found their way across the world
They call me
I've delivered us to where we are
I have journeyed farther
I am everything I've learned and more
Still it calls me
And the call isn't out there at all, it's inside me
It's like the tide; always falling and rising
I will carry you here in my heart you'll remind me
That come what may
I know the way
I am Moana!
 

 

Comments
IceyIcey
   Wed, 06/05/2020 - 13:38

[@Enjovher] edit reverted because the video is geo-blocked.

EnjovherEnjovher
   Wed, 06/05/2020 - 13:51

No problem, thanks for letting me know. :)

JordanYTJordanYT    Sun, 12/09/2021 - 02:24

[@Alma Barroca]
Shouldn't the lyrics say at the end:
I am Moana/Vaiana!

The film was renamed Vaiana in some countries in Europe because of copyright reasons, in the English Dub for the United Kingdom all the vocals were re-recorded from Moana to Vaiana (same thing happened with the Canadian French Dub)

Official Singalong: https://youtu.be/SgXpsZa8_i4
United Kingdom version: https://youtu.be/AVF2NVO8B0o

Don JuanDon Juan
   Sun, 12/09/2021 - 19:55

Hmmm, I don't know what to think or say about it, I haven't watched this movie, didn't even know this was a thing (though I had seen a few 'Vaiana' billboards and posters around). [@Icey] [@Floppylou], what do you think?

IceyIcey
   Sun, 12/09/2021 - 21:11

Personally, I think that adding an annotation reading "'Vaiana' in Europe" would be far enough

Tasi 타샤Tasi 타샤    Tue, 24/10/2023 - 09:51

Hello, does anyone know the lyrics at 01:34~01:44 in the background and 02:16~02:31 ?

IceyIcey
   Tue, 24/10/2023 - 10:15

The only person who might help is [@SilentRebel83]

SilentRebel83SilentRebel83
   Tue, 24/10/2023 - 23:07

I remember trying to decipher this back when the soundtrack first came out. I really can't make out anything intelligible mostly due to Moana's voice and the orchestral ensemble. My assumption is that it's sung as a chant with separate words that have no constructive meaning in its entirety.