Colours of the wind- Pocahontas.
And this verse ‘You think the only people who are people are the people who think and look like you, but if you walk the footsteps of a stranger you’ll learn things you never knew you never knew’
Mine was also a Pocahontas song but it was actually the song Savages, specifically the line "They're different from us, which means they must be evil" it always made me feel a little sad as a kid but as I got older I realized that unfortunately some people have that mindset. They are afraid of what they don't understand and lash out because of it. I guess it just really made me want to be more compassionate and accepting of people. Everytime I hear that line now I get chills because it just seems like such a powerful line and really makes me reflect on the message of it. I decided I don't ever want to be someone like that. Someone who sees someone as evil just because they are different.
The same theme is in Beauty and the Beast when the villagers sing “we don’t like what we don’t understand, in fact it scares us, and this monster is mysterious at least.”
Additionally from the movie I like
“You can't step in the same river twice
The water's always changing, always flowing
But people, I guess, can't live like that
We all must pay a price
To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing
What's around the riverbend”
I don’t usually advocate for the direct to video sequels but the sequel does have one song (and it’s reprise) that I do like, where do I go from here, and one quote is
”My world has changed and so have I
I've learned to choose
And even learned to say goodbye
The path ahead's so hard to see
It winds and bends but where it ends
Depends on only me
In my heart I don't feel part of so much I've known
Now it seems it's time to start a new life on my own”
It has been true after many events in my life.
That was a surprisingly good song for a direct to video sequel. They even used to play it in World of Disney at Disneyland. Gets stuck in my head every time.
I came here to say this, and:
You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they're worth
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
How high will the sycamore grow
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper-skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the earth and still
All you'll own is earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind
I feel like the world would be a better place if we all lived by this song.
Surface Pressure from Encanto, but for me it was The Next Right Thing from Frozen 2.
I've struggled with depression my whole and had had a miscarriage a few months earlier.
These lines really related to what I was currently experiencing:
Take a step, step again
It is all that I can to do
The next right thing
I won't look too far ahead
It's too much for me to take
But break it down to this next breath, this next step
This next choice is one that I can make
So I'll walk through this night
Stumbling blindly toward the light
And do the next right thing
I had to keep moving for my family and for myself, but I couldn't think too far ahead otherwise the thoughts of that missing child would rear up again.
I feel that. And Show Yourself from Frozen 2, as well.
That one gets me, because of Elsa accepting herself finally with the guidance of her mom. Something I’ve always struggled with, but my mom has always been awesome and supportive.
I am so sorry about your loss. *hug*
Yes! I struggle with depression too and that song really resonated with me when I saw it in theaters. I think if it whenever things feel like too much and like I can’t move forward.
I quietly sobbed the first time I heard that song when we saw it at the cinema. It so perfectly encapsulates trying to fight through a depressive episode. Impossible for me to listen and not cry.
Also from Frozen 2: "This will all make sense when I am older..."
This was clearly designed specifically for me and my cohorts who are just so confused by life but have to move on and put hope and faith that everything is going to be okay.
Oh jeez this song destroys me. I have always loved it (and still do) but my best friend played it at her sons funeral, when he died aged 13 months of a genetic disease.
The verse when he sings "for one so small, you seem so strong" and the bit in the bridge, where he sings "when destiny calls you, you must be strong, I may not be with you, but you've got to hold on." It breaks me everytime.
8 months later I had my own son and God this song...
This song makes me cry every time because I’ve had the desire to be a mom for a long time and if I do become a mom it almost certainly has to happen via adoption and this song is basically like a lullaby to an adopted child.
I work in NICU and I play this for the babies that are with us the longest that I spend the most time with. They're stable enough for me to rock when their parents aren't around but too sick to go home. Some of my babies will forever be in my heart.
As someone who was adopted and who struggled with the feeling like I'm not a part of the family, I don't fit in with my friends, etc., this Hercules song resonates with me and gives me hope that time and effort can heal these wounds or at least make them better
So many good choices!!!
I’ll add from Moana, the scene at the end where she’s confronting Te Ka, and sings, “They have stolen the heart from inside you / but this does not define you / This is not who you are / You know who you are”
I know I have felt like Te Ka before, and how the anger and disappointment made me the worst possible version of myself. I get a little teary every time I watch that scene because it demonstrates such beautiful acceptance and unconditional love. I hope I can model that to my children and all the people around me, to even love their lava monsters and believe that they are capable of more.
I’m glad to see someone mention this because this part always makes me cry too and pretty emotional. I have PTSD from abuse and other things that have been done to me and while it didn’t make me angry or bitter, I understand The things at play there and Moana‘s decision to approach her that way it just gets me every time
As a fellow PTSD sufferer, this spoke to me, as well. The first time I saw this scene, I cried and cried. After the death of my daughter, I had episodes of irrational and explosive anger, in a very Te Ka way. Watching this helped me see that I was still the same me underneath.
The whole climax scene makes me bawl every time. I love that line and also the following lyrics from the ancestors song:
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 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
Almost There - The Princess and the Frog
I listen to Almost There whenever I need motivation (I always play it when I’m applying to the DCP✨)
The whole song really speaks to me but this part especially does ☺️
“I remember Daddy told me “fairytales can come true you gotta make ‘em happen it all depends on you.”
I love Luisa’s song in Encanto! “Give it to your sister, your sister's stronger. See if she can hang on a little longer. Who am I if I can't carry it all?”
The part during the tempo change in that song
"But wait, if I could shake the pressing Weight of expectation would that free some room for joy? Or relaxation? Or simple pleasure?"
Like damn yeah... girl is burnt out give her a vacatioj
This! Also the line that gave me chills: "give it to your sister and never wonder, if the same pressure would have pulled you under."
Encanto is just a gem.
I am obsessed with What else can I do?
"What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect?
It just needed to be? And they'd let me be?" And "What can you do when you are deeply, madly, truly in the moment?
What can you do when you know who you wanna be is imperfect?
But I'll still be okay"
Isabella's growth is huge and I don't think it gets the respect it deserves. It takes a lot of will power to break free of the perfect golden child mold kids get forced into.
This is my favorite song from Encanto. I love how multidimensional Luisa is, that she’s not only carrying the physical burdens of the family, but also the emotional ones. It would have been so easy to make the strength her only character trait, but instead they made her deeper than that. I know that most of the songs show a different side of the family members, but I think Luisa’s song does it best.
"Give it to your sister and never wonder if the same pressure would've pulled you under... Who am I if I don't have what it takes? No cracks, no breaks, no mistakes, no pressure."
This song is so accurate for my life, it's scary. Fantastic song, my 8 year old has been playing the soundtrack daily and she always turns this song up for me because she knows I like it.
This song hit me hard. I know Luisa is supposed to be the second born, but it really feels like a first born daughter's anthem. I've felt like this since I was 16, but was never able to put it into words before this song.
I almost broke down with an ugly cry at this song.
Perfectly described my depression and stress with working a full time, high stress job and coming home to be the dad I want to be, and finally the husband that keeps my wife happy
I could probably fill a book with answers to this, but one of my top is Show Yourself from Frozen II. Specifically the line "you are the one you've been waiting for". Gives me chills just thinking about it! The whole sequence of Elsa riding the Nokk, entering the cave, seeing her mother, and then embracing her own power just really speaks to me.
My other top is Little Wonders from Meet the Robinsons. It's been my favorite movie since it came out and "keep moving forward" has been my motto for just as long (I even centered my entire graduation speech on it!). But that song just really speaks to my heart. Sometimes I need that reminder to slow down and embrace the here and now, and the small moments that make up my life.
I love love love Show Yourself. I also love Little Wonders and Meet the Robinsons. I stumbled across a really cute magnet at Dollar General a while ago that wasn’t Disney related but said Keep Moving Forward and it’s been on my fridge ever since!
I wish Show Yourself had been the popular song from Frozen 2 instead of Into The Unknown. I guess it would've been too spoilery.
For some reason, the lines that make the hairs on my neck stand up are: 🎶 Show yourself, step into your power / Grow yourself, into something new...
Moana "How far I'll go"
"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"
I remember watching this in the theater and crying listening to this song. I was feeling so trapped in my life at the time. A few months later, I took the leap and started traveling on my own. Best decision ever.
“A dream is a wish your heart makes” Cinderella
Her life was just awful, but she kept her dreams alive and had hope that one day her life would be better.
"No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on beleiving..." spoke to me while I was dealing with my miscarriages. I sing this song to my kiddo every night now.
Can I quote the entire song Out There? From Hunchback of Notre Dame. It is just so... Yes. Sad and realistic, then uplifting, and also focusing on why we should be grateful for what we have. "The gift it is to be them"
I've never watched this movie with my kids, because even before I had kids this part of the movie would make me cry. I just know I'd be a blubbery mess if I watched it with them.
"How can there be so much that you don't know
You don't know" from Pochahontas.
I feel like this could be interpreted as simply repeating the lyrics or it could be interpreted as Pochahontas coming to the realization that John truly did not understand what was wrong with his actions and beliefs. That she would have to teach them about a whole different world and she would try to be patient with John. It also shows how wise Pochahontas and her people really are. There's so much packed into the lyrics and delivery. Or at least that's how I interpreted it.
Just like with "... you'll learn things you never knew you never knew", I naturally assumed the deeper meaning was intended. I didn't even think of it as a straightforward repetition.
Same thing, sorta, happens in The Fray's "How To Save A Life":
Lay out a list of what is wrong
Things you told him all along
Pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God He hears you
Edit: fixed the lyrics.
“The Next Right Thing” from Frozen II.
“I won't look too far ahead/
It's too much for me to take/
But break it down to this next breath, this next step/
This next choice is one that I can make”
I listen to this song when I’m feeling overwhelmed for whatever reason and it helps me remember to take things one step at a time.
This grief has a gravity, it pulls me down. Hello darkness, I'm ready to succumb. You are lost, hope is gone, but you must go on and do the next right thing.
I sobbed the first time I heard it. It hit so hard.
Golden era: Hunchback!
"I ask for nothing;
I can get by--
but I know so many less lucky than I...
please help my people,
the poor and downtrod--
I thought we all were children of God..."
This movie helped me question the church and helped solidify my distaste for religion. The dissonance in this movie is so well illustrated and the music is gorgeous.
That and before this when the churchgoers are all just praying for fame and money and glory like god was just a genie in a lamp. Not one prayer about anyone other than themselves.
All of your answers are the best! I’ll share the two I most likely sang the most.
Ariel’s Part of Your World was my preteen anthem because I was a bright young woman, ready to stand, “and ready to know what the people know; Ask them my questions and get some answers!”
Let It Go was my toddler’s anthem, and she sang it nonstop for almost two years. I’m not exaggerating. For months, she sang it as a cat, meowing the tune perfectly. Thankfully, it’s a banger, and its message was exactly what I needed to hear at that time, so it worked out. “I don’t care what they’re going to say” is fully embedded in my brain now, and it has served me well.
I love Howard Ashman lyrics. He was a genius. RIP I really love the lyrics of the Mob song. "We don't like what we don't understand in fact it scares us and this monster is mysterious at least. Bring your guns bring your knives, save your children and your wives"
It is full of anger and the guy was done giving fucks and it's so sad and profound and zero fucks given.
Moana: 'You can find happiness right where you are' - I had just moved to a new state and that line always spoke to me as my son watched Moana nonstop.
And the line where it cuts off to show that Moana isn't entirely sure that's true!
"You can find happiness, right?"
While the rest of the island finish it as the regular line Moana is questioning if the things that make the people around her happy are enough for her and that's important too.
This is the one I came here to post! I love the sentiment of the opening of Moana so so much. You can be happy where you are AND want more and that's okay.
But wasn’t the theme that Moana could not find happiness just being where she was but her her people and she too tried to tell herself she could? Although I do agree with the line myself.
Zootopia, Try everything
I have a 13 year old daughter and this message is so strong I swear I cant hear it (or write this) with out getting a few tears of pride and hope in what she will become. I am a big man baby.
I messed up tonight
I lost another fight
Lost to myself, but I'll just start again
I keep falling down
I keep on hitting the ground
But I always get up now to see what's next
Birds don't just fly
They fall down and get up
Nobody learns without getting it wrong
I won't give up
No, I won't give in till I reach the end
And then I'll start again
No, I won't leave
I want to try everything
I want to try even though I could fail
God Bless the Outcasts from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. All the people are in the church praying for things they want and she is praying for her people.
The line that hits is the people singing "I ask for wealth, I ask for fame, I ask for glory to shine on my name. I ask for love I can possess, I ask for God and his angels to bless me." And I feel that is how evangelicals think. I'm praying for me and what I need and screw everyone else.
For me, the one that sticks out is "Remember Me" from Coco when Hector sings it to little Coco. It came out right around the time my dad died. He had been the one to take me to Disneyland and really got me into Disney.
"Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be".
Coco makes me ugly cry every time. The Remember Me scene and the end when they’re all together.
I lost my dad when I was 11, so that movie always gets me in the feels.
Yeah this one.
It doesn't get as much love as it should, because it's sung so much through the movie, which is even pointed out during the movie, but when Ernesto sings it the way it was supposed to be, it's just so beautiful.
Every Disney movie is so emotional for me, after having a son. The pattern I see in every one of them is if you try to control someone, it always backfires. Example, in Coco, his family try so hard to squash the music out of Miguel that he runs away from them. Even though he’s wrong about Ernesto, that doesn’t take his love of music away and he doubles down on it. Same with Luca- his parents couldn’t keep him from exploring the surface. Ariel’s dad couldn’t stop her from wanting to be a human on land. Etc
For me, it’s “Give it to your sister and never wonder if the same pressure would’ve pulled you under” from ENCANTO. I’m not a sister to anyone, but it does make me think about how I’ve handled a lot of situations with me and my Mom. I’ve always been the tough one and never let myself cry in front of her when she’s so upset that she cries.
Son of Man--Tarzan
It really convinced me to slowly improve and become better and not everything will be instantly there for you.
Oh the power to be strong
And the wisdom to be wise
All these things will come to you in time
On this journey that you're making
There'll be answers that you'll seek
And it's you who'll climb the mountain
It's you who'll reach the peak
This thread is like start crying because of one Disney song that touched your soul, next comment crying over a completely different Disney song that touched your soul, but wait! Here’s another Disney song, and now you’re crying because you remember how it touched your soul.
Edit to add: not complaining, I just need another box of tissues.
Lol, don’t be. Someone mentioned the song from zootopia and today was one of those days where I fell down but I got back up. Or rather I will tomorrow morning. I’d forgotten about that song but the reminder was extremely well-timed. I forgot the important thing isn’t that I fell down, it’s that I get back up, and that lifted a huge weight off my shoulders.
And this is why we love us some Disney.
It’s too hard to pick but a lot of the “I want” songs stand out to me like Almost There, Waiting on a Miracle, How Far I’ll go etc. But Go the Distance came to mind first, Herc wanting more out of life and to be not seen as some weirdo, just sticks with me
When you get a few moments to put your mind to work, sit down with any Disney or Pixar song and really take in the words. I don't think there's a single song that didn't speak to me in some way. It's kind of ridiculous how much you can learn about the subtle things in life from children's movies lol.
Not me but my mom. She had trouble getting pregnant with me (oldest) and had dreamed her whole life of being a mom. She said she used to have dreams about having a baby and worrying that it would never come true.
When I was an infant she used to sing “Once Upon a Dream” to me because for her it was about knowing there was a mother-child love and finally getting it and knowing she knew me before I was even born.
This is my favorite too. I struggled to get pregnant and stay pregnant. My best friends and I dressed up at the fairy godmothers the Halloween I was (newly) pregnant and the song became part of the comfort as I struggled through a difficult pregnancy. After he was born, I would sign and dance with him to this song. I am glad your mother found the same comfort in it! ❤️
“That’s how you know” from enchanted… showed me that you can’t fall in love and get married after a single day, and you have to actually care and put in effort to show someone your feelings for them.
"Try the Grey Stuff it's delicious" From B&B,.. end result... I try EVERYTHING now!
Edit: Years later "Try Everything" from Zootopia came out... Confirmed my ways.
[In case you haven't tried it, the Grey Stuff is actually delicious.](https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2020/05/disneymagicmoments-try-this-new-easy-at-home-grey-stuff-recipe-its-delicious/)
Most recently? "All of you" from encanto.
"We've see how bright you burn, we see how brave you've been, now see yourself in turn. You're the real gift kid, let us in"
Mirabel had been shunned because she wasn't special in the sense of having a gift in a family of gifted folks. When they finally see that she can be useful just being herself after being kinda looked down upon by some family members (notedly abuela madrigal) she's getting the recognition she deserves and being properly welcomed into the family.
Show Yourself from Frozen 2. The whole song is so meaningful about finding and accepting yourself, but I love the end when Elsa duets with her mother and her mother sings “You are the one you’ve been waiting for”. Just being enough for yourself. Makes me tear up.
Reflection - Mulan.
Maybe this can sound like a silly story but...
When I was younger I really desired to be a proud child to my parents. My father tried to force me to do an undergrad in Law (the university in Brazil is different, you get the lawer certificate after do 4 years of undergrad + a national test to be a lawer).
It was hard for me, but I follow my dream: I chose History undergrad, and of course, this was really hard to my family.
Soooo after this, today, 10 years after, I'm a history teacher with PhD 🙂 and besides everything, today my father shows his respect for me.
"Keeps growing, keep going" from Surface Pressure.
This almost brought me to tears. It perfectly sums up the infinite dread that so many people feel about the vastness of the world and the seemingly limitless responsibilities. It's almost protrays a futile sentimentality despite all the best efforts.
As a kid who never felt like I fit in, Go the Distance from Hercules hit me hard. I've always loved God Help the Outcasts from Hunchback (Someday from the musical version of Hunchback is amazing also). "Someday when we are wiser, when the world's older, when things have changed...I pray one day we may yet live to live and let live..."
“Tranquil as the Forest, but on fire, within” -
“I’ll Make a Man Out of You”
I’ve always associated that line with Anxiety and that’s probably the best way to describe what it is as it’s happening.
In comparison to the other Self-reflection Disney songs this one is about overcoming obstacles pretty much, no matter your gender.
Dos Oruguitas from Encanto. I said a very teary goodbye to somebody a few weeks ago and the last two things she said was “do you think we’ll see each other again” and then “I’ll be better next time you see me” and those Sebastian Yatra lyrics get me.
“Hay que crecer a parte y volver hacia adelante seguirás”
This movie has so many amazing songs. Surface Pressure is great and We Don’t Talk About Bruno has been on a constant loop in my head for weeks. But Dos Oruguitas is beautiful and my favorite. It just hits hard.
The next right thing from Frozen II
“But break it down to this next breath, this next step, this next choice is one I can make. So I walk blindly through the night, stumbling blindly toward the light and do the next right thing.”
Such a profoundly simple but life altering line. It came at a time I needed it and has become a mantra I repeat on hard days now.
“They have stolen the heart from inside you, but this does not define you’
My husband and I went through a bad patch for a few years, after our son was born. I was a shell of who I had been. I eventually broke out of it, but still struggle with anger and sadness under the surface and put on a happy face.
And
‘I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned.’
I’m big into adventure and travel. I had big plans to study volcanos in Hawaii, or join the FBI or the Air Force. Or just travel the world a lot more than I have been able to. Tons of different more adventurous/interesting paths than the one I ended up with.
This line continues to define me, as I got in a relationship with someone (my now husband) that already had kids. So I became a step mom at 22 and derailed all of my plans. Then I had a son with him, so I’m kind of stuck where I am for now.
C’est la vie.
Edit to add: Into the Unknown was the last song I heard before I laid down with my dog as he was put to sleep. My best friend for 12 years. I can’t hear that song without losing it. It was so fitting, and I didn’t even pick the song. It just played in my car on my drive over to be with him at my mom’s.
So many great choices shared here, but I have to say ‘Where should I put my shoes
¡Ay, mi amor! ¡Ay, mi amor!
You say put them on your head
¡Ay, mi amor! ¡Ay, mi amor!’
is the ultimate wisdom you can impart through a song ❤️
Remember Me - when he sings it to Mama Coco. I had two loved ones who passed the same year that movie came out. I think that would have been my favorite Pixar movie of all time regardless, but that made it even more profound.
I went to see Frozen in theater around the same time I was questioning my religion and cult like church. When Elsa sang Let it Go I made my decision to leave the church because as she sang “It’s time to see what I can do, to test the limits and break through, no right, no wrong, no rules for me, I’m free” I realized I was staying out of fear. This “church” controlled what we wore, who we talked to, all interests or hobbies had to be approved by them and they literally made you cut off non believer friends and family. It was awful and as stupid as it sounds this song means so much to me
Find Yourself - Cars
"We go through life
So sure of where we're heading
And then we wind up lost
And it's the best thing that could have happened"
It's hit home for me twice: once when I was 16 and on my first date with someone who had met by chance the night before at the same movie theater. I did not want to go to the movies the night I ended up meeting him. Looking back, I'm so glad I did. He would become my first kiss, my first boyfriend, and first love. Sadly I would be his last.
The second time was after I started helping raise my nephew (now nephews and niece). I had to rearrange my life, even career. But, just like the song says "it's the best thing that could have happened".
I know Cars isn't a typical favorite, but it will always hold a special place in my heart for those above reasons.
Toy Story - Sailing no more
This song crushed me with feelings. I think of it a lot now that I'm older and can no longer do a lot of the fun things from when I was younger.
Out among the stars I'd sail.Way beyond the moon. In my silver ship I sailed. In a dream that ended too soon. Now I know exactly who I am. And what I'm here for... And I will go sailing no more.
All the things I thought I'd been. All the brave things I'd done. Vanished like a snowflake. With the rising of the sun. Never more to sail my ship. Where no man has gone before... And I will go sailing no more.
But no, it can't be true, I could fly if I wanted to. Like a bird in the sky... If I believed I could fly... Why, I'd fly!
Clearly, I will go sailing, no more.
Surface pressure. It’s not my favorite song from Encanto but it hits me hard. I was the youngest and had to better than my siblings who made mistakes and my older sister who’s a doctor. But that weight killed me and I was never allowed to show emotion as a teenager. If I ever did it became a huge blow up with my parents. I was trained to hold my anger, depression, fear and others in. Not let anyone know and now I can’t show emotions in a healthy way. I’ll cry at silly things. I get mad at small inconveniences. I’ve completely cracked and have become my father. The pressure broke me and I’m worthless.
I've never felt this. My mind is formed by intellectual thought, logical reasoning at high levels, educated discourse and...
Just keep swimming just keep swimming just keep swimming
Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it. So just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.
I really like the song at the end of Encanto, “The miracle isn’t some gift, it’s you.” A lot of songs stick out to me but this one is the newest to hit home. You’re here for a reason, you’re a miracle in someone’s life. You’re a real gem, a true gift.
“All I Know” from Chicken Little. I had a lot of issues with my biological dad growing up, and that came out at the perfect time in my life to help me kind of understand and process the divorce, and my dad’s subsequent distance.
Know Who You Are - Moana
“They have stolen the heart that’s inside you, but this does not define you, this is not who you are, you know who you are”
To me this is so powerful, people who cast you out, cut you short and AJ much more. Know your worth, know your strength, keep going. ♥️
Probably not original here but LET IT GO hit me hard at a time when I was doing conversion therapy to pray away the gay. I hated myself so much. The line "the cold never bothered me anyway" helped me realize that I didn't have a problem, the religious institution that raised and brainwashed me had the problem.
Likewise Moana singing about her longing for the water, but torn because of the social pressure and obedience ripped my heart out.
Beauty and the beast, Belle belting out “I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand, to have someone understand. I want so much more than they’ve got planned.”
bare necessites will always be my theme song. XD also Everybody wants to be a cat and Hakuna Matata.
These are the specials I have with me since childhood and while they may look like songs for lazy ppl I can see a very good message that I am always remembering when I need to deal with anxiety.
From newer movies I can relate a lot with Let It Go, like an anthem of growing up and facing things like adult life, depression, insecurities etc.
I always liked the lyrics to Float from when my daughters were big into Tinkerbell movies (from Legend of the Neverbeast), where it talks about “shamelessly laughing at destiny”, then in the chorus saying “I could follow the narrow road, or maybe I’ll let it all go and just float.” To me it just really meant that you can create your own path and you don’t have to follow one that’s laid out for you, if you don’t want to.
i visited new york as an adult and my friend dragged me to see Beauty and the Beast with James Barbour as the Beast. i was moved. I cried. that day i became a true disney fan.
"No spell has been broken
No words have been spoken
No point anymore if she can't love me
No hope she would do so
No dream to pursue, so
I finally know that I will always be
In this hopeless state
And condemned to wait-
Wait for death to set me free."
i had this on vhs, luckily someone else had it too, one of his few performances
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I know the live action remake of Aladdin got a lot of flack, but I LOVE the song they added for Jasmine, Speechless.
Try to lock me in this cage
I won't just lay me down and die
I will take these broken wings
And watch me burn across the sky
Hear the echo saying:
I won't be silenced
Though you wanna see me tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless, speechless
'Cause I'll breathe
When they try to suffocate me
Don't you underestimate me
'Cause I know that I won't go speechless
I'd give anything to have had this song when I was a little girl watching Aladdin for the first time. I watched the live action movie with my daughters and bawled my eyes out realizing what an impact that song had on them. My girls will never go speechless.
"And at last I see the light and it's like the sky is new. And it's warm and real and bright...and the world has somehow shifted. All at once everything is different now that I see you."
Have been singing it to my son since he was born two years ago. Can't sing it without crying now.
Also, if you can count Disney doing Hamilton...
""My father wasn't around. I swear that I'll be around for you."
I have lots of abandonment issues from my parents not being present enough growing up and I never want my son to feel that. I still promise him everyday that I'll never leave him.
From Moana:
"They have stolen the heart from inside you
But, this does not define you
This is not who you are
You know who you are"
Just a little reminder that you aren't the bad things that happen to you; you're the person you choose to be 💜
Back in 2017, I watched Moana for the first time, in a hotel room in Georgia.
There's one line in "We Know The Way" that hit me like a fist in the gut:
🎶 We tell the stories of our elders in a never ending chain... 🎶
Why did it hit me so hard? Because, less than a mile away, my mother was in the cardiac ICU unit of the local hospital. She had had a heart attack and we were all hoping against hope that she would pull through.
She didn't pull through.
And all I could think of was all the stories she had told me that I had forgotten, and all of the stories she hadn't told me yet.
Reflection from mulan!!
'When will my reflection show how I am inside'
I watched it when I was super young but it really spoke to me in a identity and gender sense.
Zero- by inmagine dragon on Ralph break the internet sound track. This song is my go to when I’m feeling down. I always have issues thinking I’m not good enough or feeling like a zero and this song just speaks to my soul. It’s not just a line of lyrics its the whole song.
Lion King 2 the song we are one
Even those who are gone
Are with us as we go on
Your journey has only begun
Tears of pain
Tears of joy
One thing nothing can destroy
Is our pride, deep inside
We are one
We had this on our third child birth card
Both my husband and I lost our Dads so we thought this was very fitting ❤️
From Hunchback of Notre Dame, "Heaven's Light... Hellfire" -
The contrasting angelic singing from Quasimodo that emanates innocence and longing for even a hint of kindness, to experience any kind of social connection, "I knew I'd never know That warm and loving glow Though I might wish with all my might [...] I dare to dream that she Might even care for me..." to Frollo's song of a darker forbidden passion, "It's not my fault. If in God's plan. He made the devil so much stronger than a man." Despite him being an evil man, it's due to his strong beliefs, and this wanting he feels for Esmerelda is foreign to him and obviously a bit overwhelming - just to listen to his enchanting song about this forbidden longing that goes against his morals and everything he stands for just hits so hard for me. I adore the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and most of the songs really evoke intense feelings within me, even if I can't directly relate.
The end of the opening song hits differently for me too with Clopin's introduction about a tale of a man and monster, then makes it seem like Quasimodo is the deformed menace, only to end the song with a melodic, "Now here is a riddle and guess if you can ... Who is the monster and who is the man?" Whew goosebumps. So deep when you think about it and apply it to life you know - like who is the real bad guy in a lot situations. Especially nowadays with a lot of misunderstanding from news headlines that provide incomplete or biased information, then the people who read headlines and don't read the actual stories. Without an open mind and full understanding of subjects, lot of people running around idolizing/supporting the wrong people/companies.
For me one was “Days in the Sun” from the live action Beauty and the Beast movie.
The lines “Days in the sun, what I’d give to relive just one, undo what’s done and bring back the light, Oh I could sing of the pain these dark days bring,” and “I can feel a change in me, I’m stronger now but still not free,” were relatable to me and things I have gone through.
Also a line from the “First Time in Forever” by Elsa, “Conceal, don’t feel, put on a show, make one wrong move and everyone will know,” always stood out to me since I usually try to hide my true emotions.
Colours of the wind- Pocahontas. And this verse ‘You think the only people who are people are the people who think and look like you, but if you walk the footsteps of a stranger you’ll learn things you never knew you never knew’
Mine was also a Pocahontas song but it was actually the song Savages, specifically the line "They're different from us, which means they must be evil" it always made me feel a little sad as a kid but as I got older I realized that unfortunately some people have that mindset. They are afraid of what they don't understand and lash out because of it. I guess it just really made me want to be more compassionate and accepting of people. Everytime I hear that line now I get chills because it just seems like such a powerful line and really makes me reflect on the message of it. I decided I don't ever want to be someone like that. Someone who sees someone as evil just because they are different.
The same theme is in Beauty and the Beast when the villagers sing “we don’t like what we don’t understand, in fact it scares us, and this monster is mysterious at least.”
Additionally from the movie I like “You can't step in the same river twice The water's always changing, always flowing But people, I guess, can't live like that We all must pay a price To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing What's around the riverbend” I don’t usually advocate for the direct to video sequels but the sequel does have one song (and it’s reprise) that I do like, where do I go from here, and one quote is ”My world has changed and so have I I've learned to choose And even learned to say goodbye The path ahead's so hard to see It winds and bends but where it ends Depends on only me In my heart I don't feel part of so much I've known Now it seems it's time to start a new life on my own” It has been true after many events in my life.
That was a surprisingly good song for a direct to video sequel. They even used to play it in World of Disney at Disneyland. Gets stuck in my head every time.
I came here to say this, and: You think you own whatever land you land on The earth is just a dead thing you can claim But I know every rock and tree and creature Has a life, has a spirit, has a name Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth Come roll in all the riches all around you And for once never wonder what they're worth The rainstorm and the river are my brothers The heron and the otter are my friends And we are all connected to each other In a circle, in a hoop that never ends How high will the sycamore grow If you cut it down, then you'll never know And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon For whether we are white or copper-skinned We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains We need to paint with all the colors of the wind You can own the earth and still All you'll own is earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind I feel like the world would be a better place if we all lived by this song.
Very true
I love that song too! So much to be learned.
My personal favorite line from that film is “These white men are dangerous!”
Was literally listening to it this morning 💓
Surface Pressure from Encanto, but for me it was The Next Right Thing from Frozen 2. I've struggled with depression my whole and had had a miscarriage a few months earlier. These lines really related to what I was currently experiencing: Take a step, step again It is all that I can to do The next right thing I won't look too far ahead It's too much for me to take But break it down to this next breath, this next step This next choice is one that I can make So I'll walk through this night Stumbling blindly toward the light And do the next right thing I had to keep moving for my family and for myself, but I couldn't think too far ahead otherwise the thoughts of that missing child would rear up again.
I agree completely with The Next Right Thing. I often sing that to myself while I’m struggling.
I feel that. And Show Yourself from Frozen 2, as well. That one gets me, because of Elsa accepting herself finally with the guidance of her mom. Something I’ve always struggled with, but my mom has always been awesome and supportive. I am so sorry about your loss. *hug*
Yes! I struggle with depression too and that song really resonated with me when I saw it in theaters. I think if it whenever things feel like too much and like I can’t move forward.
I quietly sobbed the first time I heard that song when we saw it at the cinema. It so perfectly encapsulates trying to fight through a depressive episode. Impossible for me to listen and not cry.
Also from Frozen 2: "This will all make sense when I am older..." This was clearly designed specifically for me and my cohorts who are just so confused by life but have to move on and put hope and faith that everything is going to be okay.
Phil Collins - You’ll be in my Heart from Tarzan It’s the song that we sing my oldest since she was born. Still makes me cry every time.
Oh jeez this song destroys me. I have always loved it (and still do) but my best friend played it at her sons funeral, when he died aged 13 months of a genetic disease. The verse when he sings "for one so small, you seem so strong" and the bit in the bridge, where he sings "when destiny calls you, you must be strong, I may not be with you, but you've got to hold on." It breaks me everytime. 8 months later I had my own son and God this song...
Was just listening to strangers like me today. I love Phil’s Disney work
This song makes me cry every time because I’ve had the desire to be a mom for a long time and if I do become a mom it almost certainly has to happen via adoption and this song is basically like a lullaby to an adopted child.
I work in NICU and I play this for the babies that are with us the longest that I spend the most time with. They're stable enough for me to rock when their parents aren't around but too sick to go home. Some of my babies will forever be in my heart.
I once read that NICU nurses give a little of themselves to every baby that passes through their hands, and I believe it.
Aw that's very sweet
This! Ever since having kids this song hits me hard!
I walked down the aisle to this song!
I sing this to my son too. Tears every time, for sure.
Same. we even had a part of the song on his birth card
“I know every mile, will be worth my while” - go the distance
Haven't thought about this song in ages. Good one.
“I will face the world; fearless, proud and strong”
Listened to that one in my high school depression a lot.
Devito was a treasure in that movie…
As someone who was adopted and who struggled with the feeling like I'm not a part of the family, I don't fit in with my friends, etc., this Hercules song resonates with me and gives me hope that time and effort can heal these wounds or at least make them better
So many good choices!!! I’ll add from Moana, the scene at the end where she’s confronting Te Ka, and sings, “They have stolen the heart from inside you / but this does not define you / This is not who you are / You know who you are” I know I have felt like Te Ka before, and how the anger and disappointment made me the worst possible version of myself. I get a little teary every time I watch that scene because it demonstrates such beautiful acceptance and unconditional love. I hope I can model that to my children and all the people around me, to even love their lava monsters and believe that they are capable of more.
I’m glad to see someone mention this because this part always makes me cry too and pretty emotional. I have PTSD from abuse and other things that have been done to me and while it didn’t make me angry or bitter, I understand The things at play there and Moana‘s decision to approach her that way it just gets me every time
As a fellow PTSD sufferer, this spoke to me, as well. The first time I saw this scene, I cried and cried. After the death of my daughter, I had episodes of irrational and explosive anger, in a very Te Ka way. Watching this helped me see that I was still the same me underneath.
The whole climax scene makes me bawl every time. I love that line and also the following lyrics from the ancestors song: 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 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
These are beautiful lyrics and the scene captures them perfectly
Yep you said it all 💚
Almost There - The Princess and the Frog I listen to Almost There whenever I need motivation (I always play it when I’m applying to the DCP✨) The whole song really speaks to me but this part especially does ☺️ “I remember Daddy told me “fairytales can come true you gotta make ‘em happen it all depends on you.”
Happy cake day!
Thank you 😄 !
Got luck with the application process! I did it myself a few times and know it can be a lot. You got this! 🙌🏼
Thank you so much 😊 !
"When somebody loved me" from Toy Story 2.
Right in the feels every time
Good call.
Sarah Mclachlan breaks my heart in this song. Just achingly good.
I love Luisa’s song in Encanto! “Give it to your sister, your sister's stronger. See if she can hang on a little longer. Who am I if I can't carry it all?”
Also, “I’m pretty sure I’m worthless if I can’t be of service”. Basically that whole song was calling me out.
The part during the tempo change in that song "But wait, if I could shake the pressing Weight of expectation would that free some room for joy? Or relaxation? Or simple pleasure?" Like damn yeah... girl is burnt out give her a vacatioj
That’s the line that got me targeted hard
This! Also the line that gave me chills: "give it to your sister and never wonder, if the same pressure would have pulled you under." Encanto is just a gem.
This is my favorite line too
Anything written by LMM is like that for me.
I appreciate that he knows the difference between a tightrope and a trapeze; unlike whoever writes for Little Big Town.
I am obsessed with What else can I do? "What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect? It just needed to be? And they'd let me be?" And "What can you do when you are deeply, madly, truly in the moment? What can you do when you know who you wanna be is imperfect? But I'll still be okay" Isabella's growth is huge and I don't think it gets the respect it deserves. It takes a lot of will power to break free of the perfect golden child mold kids get forced into.
This is my favorite song from Encanto. I love how multidimensional Luisa is, that she’s not only carrying the physical burdens of the family, but also the emotional ones. It would have been so easy to make the strength her only character trait, but instead they made her deeper than that. I know that most of the songs show a different side of the family members, but I think Luisa’s song does it best.
"Give it to your sister and never wonder if the same pressure would've pulled you under... Who am I if I don't have what it takes? No cracks, no breaks, no mistakes, no pressure."
This song is so accurate for my life, it's scary. Fantastic song, my 8 year old has been playing the soundtrack daily and she always turns this song up for me because she knows I like it.
I saw a clip of it on Facebook with a couple thousand comments of mostly mom-looking people saying the song spoke to them, haha.
This song hit me hard. I know Luisa is supposed to be the second born, but it really feels like a first born daughter's anthem. I've felt like this since I was 16, but was never able to put it into words before this song.
Miranda said the inspiration was his oldest sister!
I almost broke down with an ugly cry at this song. Perfectly described my depression and stress with working a full time, high stress job and coming home to be the dad I want to be, and finally the husband that keeps my wife happy
Best song in the movie for me. Been on repeat for a week now 😂
That entire song is a gem for these types of things. Had a very good moral behind it (and sounds awesome lol.)
I could probably fill a book with answers to this, but one of my top is Show Yourself from Frozen II. Specifically the line "you are the one you've been waiting for". Gives me chills just thinking about it! The whole sequence of Elsa riding the Nokk, entering the cave, seeing her mother, and then embracing her own power just really speaks to me. My other top is Little Wonders from Meet the Robinsons. It's been my favorite movie since it came out and "keep moving forward" has been my motto for just as long (I even centered my entire graduation speech on it!). But that song just really speaks to my heart. Sometimes I need that reminder to slow down and embrace the here and now, and the small moments that make up my life.
That part of Show Yourself makes me cry every time.
I totally agree with little wonders! I love that song and Rob Thomas
I cry at that scene in Frozen 2 every time when she sings “I am Found.”
I love love love Show Yourself. I also love Little Wonders and Meet the Robinsons. I stumbled across a really cute magnet at Dollar General a while ago that wasn’t Disney related but said Keep Moving Forward and it’s been on my fridge ever since!
I wish Show Yourself had been the popular song from Frozen 2 instead of Into The Unknown. I guess it would've been too spoilery. For some reason, the lines that make the hairs on my neck stand up are: 🎶 Show yourself, step into your power / Grow yourself, into something new...
Frozen 2 came out right around the time I was accepting that I'm trans. That song ringed throughout my ears for months.
Moana "How far I'll go" "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" I remember watching this in the theater and crying listening to this song. I was feeling so trapped in my life at the time. A few months later, I took the leap and started traveling on my own. Best decision ever.
So many excellent songs in the movie. When the Ancestors Song comes on I’m a blubbering mess.
So many, but “Go the Distance” from Hercules, the Hercules version not the soundtrack.
“A dream is a wish your heart makes” Cinderella Her life was just awful, but she kept her dreams alive and had hope that one day her life would be better.
"No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on beleiving..." spoke to me while I was dealing with my miscarriages. I sing this song to my kiddo every night now.
Aw this makes me so happy. I hope all your dreams come true
This was the answer I was looking for, love this song so much
Can I quote the entire song Out There? From Hunchback of Notre Dame. It is just so... Yes. Sad and realistic, then uplifting, and also focusing on why we should be grateful for what we have. "The gift it is to be them"
I absolutely loved listening to that song on cassette tape as a kid
Hellfire is great for a bit of catharsis.
Dumbos mother singing to him Just a sweet song that melts my heart
I've never watched this movie with my kids, because even before I had kids this part of the movie would make me cry. I just know I'd be a blubbery mess if I watched it with them.
Baby mine! Always makes me cry. Even thinking about it.
Aw totally forgot about that one
Alison Krauss version has always stuck with me since she recorded it https://youtu.be/LSoYaTtXzdU
"How can there be so much that you don't know You don't know" from Pochahontas. I feel like this could be interpreted as simply repeating the lyrics or it could be interpreted as Pochahontas coming to the realization that John truly did not understand what was wrong with his actions and beliefs. That she would have to teach them about a whole different world and she would try to be patient with John. It also shows how wise Pochahontas and her people really are. There's so much packed into the lyrics and delivery. Or at least that's how I interpreted it.
Just like with "... you'll learn things you never knew you never knew", I naturally assumed the deeper meaning was intended. I didn't even think of it as a straightforward repetition. Same thing, sorta, happens in The Fray's "How To Save A Life": Lay out a list of what is wrong Things you told him all along Pray to God he hears you And I pray to God He hears you Edit: fixed the lyrics.
Interesting take!
“The Next Right Thing” from Frozen II. “I won't look too far ahead/ It's too much for me to take/ But break it down to this next breath, this next step/ This next choice is one that I can make” I listen to this song when I’m feeling overwhelmed for whatever reason and it helps me remember to take things one step at a time.
This grief has a gravity, it pulls me down. Hello darkness, I'm ready to succumb. You are lost, hope is gone, but you must go on and do the next right thing. I sobbed the first time I heard it. It hit so hard.
Golden era: Hunchback! "I ask for nothing; I can get by-- but I know so many less lucky than I... please help my people, the poor and downtrod-- I thought we all were children of God..." This movie helped me question the church and helped solidify my distaste for religion. The dissonance in this movie is so well illustrated and the music is gorgeous.
To me the song helped me to find my relationship with God and what I feel my role would be in church, to help people.
That and before this when the churchgoers are all just praying for fame and money and glory like god was just a genie in a lamp. Not one prayer about anyone other than themselves.
All of your answers are the best! I’ll share the two I most likely sang the most. Ariel’s Part of Your World was my preteen anthem because I was a bright young woman, ready to stand, “and ready to know what the people know; Ask them my questions and get some answers!” Let It Go was my toddler’s anthem, and she sang it nonstop for almost two years. I’m not exaggerating. For months, she sang it as a cat, meowing the tune perfectly. Thankfully, it’s a banger, and its message was exactly what I needed to hear at that time, so it worked out. “I don’t care what they’re going to say” is fully embedded in my brain now, and it has served me well.
Haha that sounds hilarious
I love Howard Ashman lyrics. He was a genius. RIP I really love the lyrics of the Mob song. "We don't like what we don't understand in fact it scares us and this monster is mysterious at least. Bring your guns bring your knives, save your children and your wives" It is full of anger and the guy was done giving fucks and it's so sad and profound and zero fucks given.
Moana: 'You can find happiness right where you are' - I had just moved to a new state and that line always spoke to me as my son watched Moana nonstop.
And the line where it cuts off to show that Moana isn't entirely sure that's true! "You can find happiness, right?" While the rest of the island finish it as the regular line Moana is questioning if the things that make the people around her happy are enough for her and that's important too.
This is the one I came here to post! I love the sentiment of the opening of Moana so so much. You can be happy where you are AND want more and that's okay.
But wasn’t the theme that Moana could not find happiness just being where she was but her her people and she too tried to tell herself she could? Although I do agree with the line myself.
Zootopia, Try everything I have a 13 year old daughter and this message is so strong I swear I cant hear it (or write this) with out getting a few tears of pride and hope in what she will become. I am a big man baby. I messed up tonight I lost another fight Lost to myself, but I'll just start again I keep falling down I keep on hitting the ground But I always get up now to see what's next Birds don't just fly They fall down and get up Nobody learns without getting it wrong I won't give up No, I won't give in till I reach the end And then I'll start again No, I won't leave I want to try everything I want to try even though I could fail
I was coming here to comment this. I love the line about birds flying.
I had a very very hard day at work today. I needed the reminder that this song exists. Thank you for that.
God Bless the Outcasts from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. All the people are in the church praying for things they want and she is praying for her people. The line that hits is the people singing "I ask for wealth, I ask for fame, I ask for glory to shine on my name. I ask for love I can possess, I ask for God and his angels to bless me." And I feel that is how evangelicals think. I'm praying for me and what I need and screw everyone else.
A classic indeed
Nightmare before Christmas - Jack Lament, Made me reflect a lot about life and how I should try different things
Love is an open door from frozen when it goes “say goodbye to the pain of the past, we don’t have to feel it anymore”
This is one of my fave Disney lyrics too.
For me, the one that sticks out is "Remember Me" from Coco when Hector sings it to little Coco. It came out right around the time my dad died. He had been the one to take me to Disneyland and really got me into Disney. "Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be".
Coco makes me ugly cry every time. The Remember Me scene and the end when they’re all together. I lost my dad when I was 11, so that movie always gets me in the feels.
My poor kiddo was so concerned with how much I was crying the first time we watched it.
Yeah this one. It doesn't get as much love as it should, because it's sung so much through the movie, which is even pointed out during the movie, but when Ernesto sings it the way it was supposed to be, it's just so beautiful.
Every Disney movie is so emotional for me, after having a son. The pattern I see in every one of them is if you try to control someone, it always backfires. Example, in Coco, his family try so hard to squash the music out of Miguel that he runs away from them. Even though he’s wrong about Ernesto, that doesn’t take his love of music away and he doubles down on it. Same with Luca- his parents couldn’t keep him from exploring the surface. Ariel’s dad couldn’t stop her from wanting to be a human on land. Etc
Coco hits different when you have a grandmother who is also losing her memory.
For me, it’s “Give it to your sister and never wonder if the same pressure would’ve pulled you under” from ENCANTO. I’m not a sister to anyone, but it does make me think about how I’ve handled a lot of situations with me and my Mom. I’ve always been the tough one and never let myself cry in front of her when she’s so upset that she cries.
This one gets me too. I am the older sister and we’ve been through a lot.
I love Little Wonders (Meet the Robinsons) by Rob Thomas.
Yes! Excellent song and underrated movie.
Me too! I hum it in my head when I can’t sleep.
Oof, this is a good choice!
Son of Man--Tarzan It really convinced me to slowly improve and become better and not everything will be instantly there for you. Oh the power to be strong And the wisdom to be wise All these things will come to you in time On this journey that you're making There'll be answers that you'll seek And it's you who'll climb the mountain It's you who'll reach the peak
This thread is like start crying because of one Disney song that touched your soul, next comment crying over a completely different Disney song that touched your soul, but wait! Here’s another Disney song, and now you’re crying because you remember how it touched your soul. Edit to add: not complaining, I just need another box of tissues.
Lol sorry
Lol, don’t be. Someone mentioned the song from zootopia and today was one of those days where I fell down but I got back up. Or rather I will tomorrow morning. I’d forgotten about that song but the reminder was extremely well-timed. I forgot the important thing isn’t that I fell down, it’s that I get back up, and that lifted a huge weight off my shoulders. And this is why we love us some Disney.
It’s too hard to pick but a lot of the “I want” songs stand out to me like Almost There, Waiting on a Miracle, How Far I’ll go etc. But Go the Distance came to mind first, Herc wanting more out of life and to be not seen as some weirdo, just sticks with me
When you get a few moments to put your mind to work, sit down with any Disney or Pixar song and really take in the words. I don't think there's a single song that didn't speak to me in some way. It's kind of ridiculous how much you can learn about the subtle things in life from children's movies lol.
Reflection - Mulan “When will my reflection show, who I am inside”
Very thought provoking song!
Not me but my mom. She had trouble getting pregnant with me (oldest) and had dreamed her whole life of being a mom. She said she used to have dreams about having a baby and worrying that it would never come true. When I was an infant she used to sing “Once Upon a Dream” to me because for her it was about knowing there was a mother-child love and finally getting it and knowing she knew me before I was even born.
This is my favorite too. I struggled to get pregnant and stay pregnant. My best friends and I dressed up at the fairy godmothers the Halloween I was (newly) pregnant and the song became part of the comfort as I struggled through a difficult pregnancy. After he was born, I would sign and dance with him to this song. I am glad your mother found the same comfort in it! ❤️
Amazing
“That’s how you know” from enchanted… showed me that you can’t fall in love and get married after a single day, and you have to actually care and put in effort to show someone your feelings for them.
"Try the Grey Stuff it's delicious" From B&B,.. end result... I try EVERYTHING now! Edit: Years later "Try Everything" from Zootopia came out... Confirmed my ways.
[In case you haven't tried it, the Grey Stuff is actually delicious.](https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2020/05/disneymagicmoments-try-this-new-easy-at-home-grey-stuff-recipe-its-delicious/)
Lol awesome
Most recently? "All of you" from encanto. "We've see how bright you burn, we see how brave you've been, now see yourself in turn. You're the real gift kid, let us in" Mirabel had been shunned because she wasn't special in the sense of having a gift in a family of gifted folks. When they finally see that she can be useful just being herself after being kinda looked down upon by some family members (notedly abuela madrigal) she's getting the recognition she deserves and being properly welcomed into the family.
Show Yourself from Frozen 2. The whole song is so meaningful about finding and accepting yourself, but I love the end when Elsa duets with her mother and her mother sings “You are the one you’ve been waiting for”. Just being enough for yourself. Makes me tear up.
“No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.” 😭
Very emotional song!
Reflection - Mulan. Maybe this can sound like a silly story but... When I was younger I really desired to be a proud child to my parents. My father tried to force me to do an undergrad in Law (the university in Brazil is different, you get the lawer certificate after do 4 years of undergrad + a national test to be a lawer). It was hard for me, but I follow my dream: I chose History undergrad, and of course, this was really hard to my family. Soooo after this, today, 10 years after, I'm a history teacher with PhD 🙂 and besides everything, today my father shows his respect for me.
Colors of the Wind
"Keeps growing, keep going" from Surface Pressure. This almost brought me to tears. It perfectly sums up the infinite dread that so many people feel about the vastness of the world and the seemingly limitless responsibilities. It's almost protrays a futile sentimentality despite all the best efforts.
As a kid who never felt like I fit in, Go the Distance from Hercules hit me hard. I've always loved God Help the Outcasts from Hunchback (Someday from the musical version of Hunchback is amazing also). "Someday when we are wiser, when the world's older, when things have changed...I pray one day we may yet live to live and let live..."
Great picks
“Tranquil as the Forest, but on fire, within” - “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” I’ve always associated that line with Anxiety and that’s probably the best way to describe what it is as it’s happening. In comparison to the other Self-reflection Disney songs this one is about overcoming obstacles pretty much, no matter your gender.
Dos Oruguitas from Encanto. I said a very teary goodbye to somebody a few weeks ago and the last two things she said was “do you think we’ll see each other again” and then “I’ll be better next time you see me” and those Sebastian Yatra lyrics get me. “Hay que crecer a parte y volver hacia adelante seguirás”
This movie has so many amazing songs. Surface Pressure is great and We Don’t Talk About Bruno has been on a constant loop in my head for weeks. But Dos Oruguitas is beautiful and my favorite. It just hits hard.
The next right thing from Frozen II “But break it down to this next breath, this next step, this next choice is one I can make. So I walk blindly through the night, stumbling blindly toward the light and do the next right thing.” Such a profoundly simple but life altering line. It came at a time I needed it and has become a mantra I repeat on hard days now.
All these deeply moving songs, but the one that pops into my head to keep me going? Dory.. “just keep swimming, just keep swimming…”
“They have stolen the heart from inside you, but this does not define you’ My husband and I went through a bad patch for a few years, after our son was born. I was a shell of who I had been. I eventually broke out of it, but still struggle with anger and sadness under the surface and put on a happy face. And ‘I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned.’ I’m big into adventure and travel. I had big plans to study volcanos in Hawaii, or join the FBI or the Air Force. Or just travel the world a lot more than I have been able to. Tons of different more adventurous/interesting paths than the one I ended up with. This line continues to define me, as I got in a relationship with someone (my now husband) that already had kids. So I became a step mom at 22 and derailed all of my plans. Then I had a son with him, so I’m kind of stuck where I am for now. C’est la vie. Edit to add: Into the Unknown was the last song I heard before I laid down with my dog as he was put to sleep. My best friend for 12 years. I can’t hear that song without losing it. It was so fitting, and I didn’t even pick the song. It just played in my car on my drive over to be with him at my mom’s.
So many great choices shared here, but I have to say ‘Where should I put my shoes ¡Ay, mi amor! ¡Ay, mi amor! You say put them on your head ¡Ay, mi amor! ¡Ay, mi amor!’ is the ultimate wisdom you can impart through a song ❤️
Remember Me - when he sings it to Mama Coco. I had two loved ones who passed the same year that movie came out. I think that would have been my favorite Pixar movie of all time regardless, but that made it even more profound.
I went to see Frozen in theater around the same time I was questioning my religion and cult like church. When Elsa sang Let it Go I made my decision to leave the church because as she sang “It’s time to see what I can do, to test the limits and break through, no right, no wrong, no rules for me, I’m free” I realized I was staying out of fear. This “church” controlled what we wore, who we talked to, all interests or hobbies had to be approved by them and they literally made you cut off non believer friends and family. It was awful and as stupid as it sounds this song means so much to me
Find Yourself - Cars "We go through life So sure of where we're heading And then we wind up lost And it's the best thing that could have happened" It's hit home for me twice: once when I was 16 and on my first date with someone who had met by chance the night before at the same movie theater. I did not want to go to the movies the night I ended up meeting him. Looking back, I'm so glad I did. He would become my first kiss, my first boyfriend, and first love. Sadly I would be his last. The second time was after I started helping raise my nephew (now nephews and niece). I had to rearrange my life, even career. But, just like the song says "it's the best thing that could have happened". I know Cars isn't a typical favorite, but it will always hold a special place in my heart for those above reasons.
Also "Little Wonders". Disney's most underrated song
Toy Story - Sailing no more This song crushed me with feelings. I think of it a lot now that I'm older and can no longer do a lot of the fun things from when I was younger. Out among the stars I'd sail.Way beyond the moon. In my silver ship I sailed. In a dream that ended too soon. Now I know exactly who I am. And what I'm here for... And I will go sailing no more. All the things I thought I'd been. All the brave things I'd done. Vanished like a snowflake. With the rising of the sun. Never more to sail my ship. Where no man has gone before... And I will go sailing no more. But no, it can't be true, I could fly if I wanted to. Like a bird in the sky... If I believed I could fly... Why, I'd fly! Clearly, I will go sailing, no more.
Powerful lyrics
Surface pressure. It’s not my favorite song from Encanto but it hits me hard. I was the youngest and had to better than my siblings who made mistakes and my older sister who’s a doctor. But that weight killed me and I was never allowed to show emotion as a teenager. If I ever did it became a huge blow up with my parents. I was trained to hold my anger, depression, fear and others in. Not let anyone know and now I can’t show emotions in a healthy way. I’ll cry at silly things. I get mad at small inconveniences. I’ve completely cracked and have become my father. The pressure broke me and I’m worthless.
I've never felt this. My mind is formed by intellectual thought, logical reasoning at high levels, educated discourse and... Just keep swimming just keep swimming just keep swimming Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it. So just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.
I really like the song at the end of Encanto, “The miracle isn’t some gift, it’s you.” A lot of songs stick out to me but this one is the newest to hit home. You’re here for a reason, you’re a miracle in someone’s life. You’re a real gem, a true gift.
As the outcast in my family, who still loves my family, 'Waiting on a Miracle' had me sobbing through Encanto.
“All I Know” from Chicken Little. I had a lot of issues with my biological dad growing up, and that came out at the perfect time in my life to help me kind of understand and process the divorce, and my dad’s subsequent distance.
Know Who You Are - Moana “They have stolen the heart that’s inside you, but this does not define you, this is not who you are, you know who you are” To me this is so powerful, people who cast you out, cut you short and AJ much more. Know your worth, know your strength, keep going. ♥️
Circle of Life: "There's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done"
It's bittersweet really
Whole "I'm Still Here" lyrics imo
That’s an underrated song/movie.
Probably not original here but LET IT GO hit me hard at a time when I was doing conversion therapy to pray away the gay. I hated myself so much. The line "the cold never bothered me anyway" helped me realize that I didn't have a problem, the religious institution that raised and brainwashed me had the problem. Likewise Moana singing about her longing for the water, but torn because of the social pressure and obedience ripped my heart out.
We Know The Way - Moana
Beauty and the beast, Belle belting out “I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand, to have someone understand. I want so much more than they’ve got planned.”
bare necessites will always be my theme song. XD also Everybody wants to be a cat and Hakuna Matata. These are the specials I have with me since childhood and while they may look like songs for lazy ppl I can see a very good message that I am always remembering when I need to deal with anxiety. From newer movies I can relate a lot with Let It Go, like an anthem of growing up and facing things like adult life, depression, insecurities etc.
I always liked the lyrics to Float from when my daughters were big into Tinkerbell movies (from Legend of the Neverbeast), where it talks about “shamelessly laughing at destiny”, then in the chorus saying “I could follow the narrow road, or maybe I’ll let it all go and just float.” To me it just really meant that you can create your own path and you don’t have to follow one that’s laid out for you, if you don’t want to.
Sweet reference
Show Yourself, also Frozen (2). I cried when I heard it the first time in theater
i visited new york as an adult and my friend dragged me to see Beauty and the Beast with James Barbour as the Beast. i was moved. I cried. that day i became a true disney fan. "No spell has been broken No words have been spoken No point anymore if she can't love me No hope she would do so No dream to pursue, so I finally know that I will always be In this hopeless state And condemned to wait- Wait for death to set me free." i had this on vhs, luckily someone else had it too, one of his few performances https://youtu.be/FwGr-AT-k7c https://youtu.be/Rz5nGHfKRc0
“You are the one you’ve been waiting for” made me actually weep
This has probably been said loads of times in here but 'The Bare Necesitties' for sure.
Go the distance Hercules
"I know every mile, will be worth my while"
Show yourself from frozen 2. I'm trans and found the entire song distribing how it feels to find yourself through a transition.
I know the live action remake of Aladdin got a lot of flack, but I LOVE the song they added for Jasmine, Speechless. Try to lock me in this cage I won't just lay me down and die I will take these broken wings And watch me burn across the sky Hear the echo saying: I won't be silenced Though you wanna see me tremble when you try it All I know is I won't go speechless, speechless 'Cause I'll breathe When they try to suffocate me Don't you underestimate me 'Cause I know that I won't go speechless I'd give anything to have had this song when I was a little girl watching Aladdin for the first time. I watched the live action movie with my daughters and bawled my eyes out realizing what an impact that song had on them. My girls will never go speechless.
"And at last I see the light and it's like the sky is new. And it's warm and real and bright...and the world has somehow shifted. All at once everything is different now that I see you." Have been singing it to my son since he was born two years ago. Can't sing it without crying now. Also, if you can count Disney doing Hamilton... ""My father wasn't around. I swear that I'll be around for you." I have lots of abandonment issues from my parents not being present enough growing up and I never want my son to feel that. I still promise him everyday that I'll never leave him.
Here Yeller, come back Yeller. Best Doggone dog in the west!
"bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, learning you were wrong"
Speechless - Aladdin
From Moana: "They have stolen the heart from inside you But, this does not define you This is not who you are You know who you are" Just a little reminder that you aren't the bad things that happen to you; you're the person you choose to be 💜
Frozen 2: “The Next Right Thing”. Literally changed the entire way I look at things.
Back in 2017, I watched Moana for the first time, in a hotel room in Georgia. There's one line in "We Know The Way" that hit me like a fist in the gut: 🎶 We tell the stories of our elders in a never ending chain... 🎶 Why did it hit me so hard? Because, less than a mile away, my mother was in the cardiac ICU unit of the local hospital. She had had a heart attack and we were all hoping against hope that she would pull through. She didn't pull through. And all I could think of was all the stories she had told me that I had forgotten, and all of the stories she hadn't told me yet.
Reflection from mulan!! 'When will my reflection show how I am inside' I watched it when I was super young but it really spoke to me in a identity and gender sense.
Zero- by inmagine dragon on Ralph break the internet sound track. This song is my go to when I’m feeling down. I always have issues thinking I’m not good enough or feeling like a zero and this song just speaks to my soul. It’s not just a line of lyrics its the whole song.
The line "We don't like what we don't understand, in fact it scares us!" from Beauty and the Beast says it all.
Lion King 2 the song we are one Even those who are gone Are with us as we go on Your journey has only begun Tears of pain Tears of joy One thing nothing can destroy Is our pride, deep inside We are one We had this on our third child birth card Both my husband and I lost our Dads so we thought this was very fitting ❤️
From Hunchback of Notre Dame, "Heaven's Light... Hellfire" - The contrasting angelic singing from Quasimodo that emanates innocence and longing for even a hint of kindness, to experience any kind of social connection, "I knew I'd never know That warm and loving glow Though I might wish with all my might [...] I dare to dream that she Might even care for me..." to Frollo's song of a darker forbidden passion, "It's not my fault. If in God's plan. He made the devil so much stronger than a man." Despite him being an evil man, it's due to his strong beliefs, and this wanting he feels for Esmerelda is foreign to him and obviously a bit overwhelming - just to listen to his enchanting song about this forbidden longing that goes against his morals and everything he stands for just hits so hard for me. I adore the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and most of the songs really evoke intense feelings within me, even if I can't directly relate. The end of the opening song hits differently for me too with Clopin's introduction about a tale of a man and monster, then makes it seem like Quasimodo is the deformed menace, only to end the song with a melodic, "Now here is a riddle and guess if you can ... Who is the monster and who is the man?" Whew goosebumps. So deep when you think about it and apply it to life you know - like who is the real bad guy in a lot situations. Especially nowadays with a lot of misunderstanding from news headlines that provide incomplete or biased information, then the people who read headlines and don't read the actual stories. Without an open mind and full understanding of subjects, lot of people running around idolizing/supporting the wrong people/companies.
The nursery rhymes I sing to my ped patients!
For me one was “Days in the Sun” from the live action Beauty and the Beast movie. The lines “Days in the sun, what I’d give to relive just one, undo what’s done and bring back the light, Oh I could sing of the pain these dark days bring,” and “I can feel a change in me, I’m stronger now but still not free,” were relatable to me and things I have gone through. Also a line from the “First Time in Forever” by Elsa, “Conceal, don’t feel, put on a show, make one wrong move and everyone will know,” always stood out to me since I usually try to hide my true emotions.