The Silent Princess: A Land of Stories

THE SILENT PRINCESS-Chapter Six

(Enjoy!)

—Shiny/Battle of the Bands—
—Part One—

'Moana, make way, make way!
Moana, it's time you knew!
The village of Motunui is
All you need!
The dancers are practicing!
They dance to an ancient song!
(Who needs a new song?
This old one's all we need!)
This tradition is our mission,
And Moana, there's so much to do!
(make way!)
Don't trip on the taro root!
That's all you need!
We share everything,
we make! (we make!)
We joke and we weave,
our baskets! (aha!)
The fishermen come back,
from the sea!
I wanna see...
Don't walk away!
Moana, stay on the ground now!
Our people will need a chief!
And there you are!
There comes a day!
When you're gonna look around!
And realize happiness is,
Where you are!...
Consider the coconut! (the what?)
Consider its tree!
We use each part of the coconut!
That's all we need!
We make our nets from the fibers!
(we make our nets from the fibers!)
The water is sweet inside!
(the water is sweet inside!)
We use the leaves to build fires!
(we use the leaves to build fires!)
We cook up the meat inside!
(we cook up the meat inside)
Consider the coconuts!
(consider the coconuts!)
The trunks and the leaves! (ha!)
The island gives us what we need!
And no one leaves...
That's right, we stay!
We're safe and
we're well provided!
And when we look to the future!
There you are!...
You'll be okay!...
In time you'll learn just as I did!..
You must find happiness right
Where you are!...

I like to dance with the water!
The undertow and the waves!
The water is mischievous! (ha!)
I like how it misbehaves!
The village may think I'm crazy!
Or say that I drift too far!
But once you know what you like,
well, There you are!
You are your father's daughter!
Stubbornness and pride!
Mind what he says but remember!
You may hear a voice inside!
And if the voice starts to whisper!
To follow the farthest star!
Moana, that voice inside is
Who you are!...

We make our nets from the fibers!
(we weave our nets from the fibers!)
The water is sweet inside!
(and we taste the sweet inside!)
We use the leaves to build fires!
(we sing these songs in our choir!)
We cook up the meat inside!
(we have mouths to feed inside!)
The village believes in us!
(that's right!)
The village believes! (ha!)
The island gives us what we need!
And no one leaves!...
(Moana)
So here I'll stay!
My home, my people beside me!
And when I think of tomorrow!
There we are!
I'll lead the way!
I'll have my people to guide me!
We'll build our future together!
Where we are!
'Cause every path leads you back to,
Where you are!
You can find happiness right -
Where you are!
Where you are!'

(Moana):
'I've been staring at
the edge of the water!...
'Long as I can remember,
never really knowing why!...
I wish I could be,
the perfect daughter!...
But I come back to the water,
no matter how hard I try!...

Every turn I take,
every trail I track!...
Every path I make,
every road leads back!...
To the place I know,
where I cannot go!...
Where I long to be!...

See the line where
the sky meets the sea?
It calls me!...
And no one knows,
how far it goes!...
If the wind in my sail,
on the sea stays behind me!...
One day I'll know,
if I go there's just,
no telling how far I'll go!...

I know, everybody
on this island!
seems so happy,
on this island!
Everything is by design!...
I know, everybody on this island!
has a role, on this island!
So maybe I can roll with mine!...

I can lead with pride,
I can make us strong!
I'll be satisfied if I play along!
But the voice inside,
sings a different song!...
What is wrong with me?!...