“Remember who you are.” came up on my feed today from Lion King. But it reminds me of the scene from Disney’s Moana where her grandmother’s spirit tells her the same thing. I cry at this part every time I watch Moana. So on this lovely Wednesday night, I will share the lyrics but this song really deserves more. I suggest taking some time to watch the full movie.
I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)
Song by Auliʻi Cravalho and Rachel Hous
“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?
Who am I?
I am a girl who loves my island
And 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!”
Jayne.press 