"More" is a deleted song from the 2016 feature film, Moana. It is sung by Moana as she expresses her wishes to go beyond Motunui's reef and see what is out there. Tui and Sina express worry for their longing daughter as she recalls her grandmother, Tala's, teachings about her wayfinding ancestors. Later, after Tala's passing, she ultimately decides to leave Motunui and revive wayfinding.
While some of the lyrics are kept in the final cut of the film, More was ultimately replaced by "How Far I'll Go". In fact, some of the lyrics from More were kept in How Far I'll Go, such as 'Every trail I track, every path I make, every road leads back..." and "...the call of the sea? 'Cause I hear it calling me..." ( "...the sky meets the sea? It calls me..." in How Far I'll Go) .
Lyrics[]
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
There's gotta be more
I know there's more
There's always--
Tui and Villagers:
Moana, slow down!
Moana:
Sorry! I'm in somebody's way
They do the same thing everyday
They work, they eat, they sleep
They pray, they tell me
Moana and Villagers:
"Moana, calm down!"
Moana:
The other kids
Just dance and play
How can you play?
There's so much out there to explore
Tui:
She stares at the sky
She stumbles down the beaches
She mumbles all the names
That her Gramma Tala teaches
Moana:
And I wanna soar
Tui:
With one foot here
And another in the distant past
Moana:
So much to explore
Sina:
She's growing up too fast
Moana:
Like I've 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 Villagers:
"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
Matai Vasa and Wayfinders:
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!
She showed me day after day
How to find my way
She taught me how to rely
On the wind and sky
She named me after the sea
She believed in me
I know we used to be bold
From the tales she told
I know she left me prepared
From the things she shared
There was more she wanted to see
Staring at the barrier
Together on the shore
We practiced all the names
Of everyone who came before me
Voyagers, warriors
Ancestors in our line
Their blood runs in mine
She always knew more
She hungered for more
She taught me more
And somehow I know
She'd want me to go
To navigate, you have to
Keep your island in your mind
You know what lies ahead of you
Remember what's behind
You wanna find the answers
To the questions that you still don't know
You just have to go find more
I wanna know more
There's always more
How can I stay?
She taught me the way
Every turn I take
Every trail I track
Every path I make
Every road leads back to the sea
I'm sailing to the edge of the sea
And it calls me
"Moana, go now!"
"Moana, don't stall!"
"Don't worry about how"
"Just answer the call of the sea"
There's nothing there holding me
If I had time
I'd say goodbye
I will cross the divide
I will ride
I will see what's on the other side
With the ocean as my guide
On the tide
I will go where no one's ever been before
There's always more!
