What does How Far I'll Go mean?

Alessia Cara: How Far I'll Go Meaning

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Song Released: 2016


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How Far I'll Go Lyrics

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...

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    #1 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Apr 8th 2017 !⃝

    This song is about being yourself and proving that you could do anything no matter what you are.
    This is Alessias biggest hit and I see why.
    Moana has become an inspirational movie for both kids and teens.
    You could go far by your goals or your achievements to make something bigger than the whole world.

  2. anonymous
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    Feb 13th 2021 !⃝

    I want to be like the best music I’ve ever written and the song had some funk and fun teen pop and that song had a beach vibe and it will be fun to make some beach music. My friend Kendall Schmitt he’s a member of the show big time rush. He wrote amazing songs and that believed in me, but I’ve been doing the same, me and Kendall are great friends, but I met three friends on big time rush. Logan, James, Carlos. They’re my best friends and we hung out a lot and spend our time together every week and talk about my uncle and aunt. Because they need to come and spend my birthday, it’ll make everything special. My mom would be so pleased to have them come.

  3. anonymous
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    Jul 23rd 2020 !⃝

    The song is so much fun it sort of beach vibe, song The Beach Boys sang Kokomo. That makes it more fun but pua is beautiful but there’ll be Mahoney. I was scared but Joshua caught me it’s dangerous.

  4. anonymous
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    Mar 28th 2020 !⃝

    I want to be like fun vibe song as my beach song and I want to be like beach boys of Kokomo and it says go down in Kokomo and I hope that message belongs to them and it’s fun to be at the beach and me and my boyfriend josh are going to the beach this summer. And we’re bringing the gang of high school musical the series to come and hang out and the ladies are doing aerobics and I joined them it’s so much fun and it had fun guitar vibe and harmonies with it, and it sound like the gang sang as the harmonies and it so beautiful and I’ve heard it and josh write it and we became popular and also we’re going to perform at the music awards and then my parents couldn’t come but my aunt and uncle and my cousins are here to support me in music and I wanted to do acting like singing songs and performing so much fun.

  5. anonymous
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    Mar 8th 2020 !⃝

    I wanted to write about the beach I went to last summer but my producer would like that it’ll be fun to write a beach song and it goes with The Beach Boys. And then sometimes when we have clothes with us and Ben wore a beach shirt with shorts, and sandals, and I wore a long dress with beachy hat and a headband and a hula skirt, it’ll be so cute, Ben is helping me when we film it there’s a rock mountain it can shoot for a music video for moana. So I can be like a chicken whole week and then I’m going to the ocean the filming ladies are film it with rocks and throwing it at the water. It’s normal beach and we love the beach Ben will have sun burned, and mine too.

  6. anonymous
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    Feb 15th 2020 !⃝

    I think to make this song out of fun beaches but we’re looking up beaches near the place we want to go and try out with different clothes like hula hoops and skirts and hats, but it’s a fun stuff but I’m not crazy with beach clothes because I’m stylish gal. I wrote this with jack and dr. Luke he passed away but I asked Jonas brother Kevin Jonas he’s doing it with me, and then he asked me if I can do a new film of Aladdin and he says, sure, but me and him are going to be jasmine and Aladdin because we’re doing a new film of Aladdin but it’s at Grand Canyon it’s at Arizona and also it has a beach with it and set the movie up and try different things Disney stuff and productions. But I’m playing jasmine and I like her lines from speechless very powerful.

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  7. anonymous
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    Jul 27th 2019 !⃝

    When Moana was a toddler, she caught the attention of the ocean while helping to save a baby sea turtle. The water played with her and tried to give her the heart of Te Fiti, forging a lifelong connection with her.
    Being the only child of the village chief, she is poised to be the next leader of her people, but at 16 years of age, she can’t help but long to explore the world and imagine different paths for herself.
    Unlike the rest of the village—who see “every road lead[ing] back to where you are,” following the circular nature of the island—Moana comes back to the ocean by following straight lines that lead to the beach and stretch out to the horizon. Though she’s following the same trails, in her mind she’s going in a much different direction than the rest of her people.

  8. anonymous
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    Jul 2nd 2019 !⃝

    I love that song to write about my trip to the beach with my aunt but it’s so much fun to be at the beach. My parents took me to the beach and also it’s going to be perfect. I’m very typical of that but joe is going to write that song for me. We’re called Beth brothers, it’s like older guys and younger girl to sing with, it’s so much fun. But I’m going to wear a beach shirt, and a hula skirt. But the boys are wearing beach shirts and some hats. But it’s stylish.

  9. anonymous
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    Jun 29th 2019 !⃝

    The Jonas brothers did Disney film called camp rock but they booked it for Demi Lovato, but I’m going to be in it too but joe has a part of that song towards the project. The producer is John fields. He produced this song from Moana. It’s like a beach song but it has some fashion clothing with hairstyles, but joe has a lot of hair but he’s kind of blonde. He’s so crazy with his hair and suits on he made me laugh. But I like Kevin’s and nicks too. They both are handsome young men.

  10. anonymous
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    Apr 17th 2019 !⃝

    The girl is thinking of her life and thinking of taking a risk to live her life of security and thinking of the life far away from the island. Based from the movie Moana. The singer's thoughts are available to be browsed at songfacts. The recent post and the first post.. it's the same.

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  11. anonymous
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    Apr 17th 2019 !⃝

    This song is about being yourself and proving that you could do anything no matter what you are.
    This is Alessias biggest hit and I see why.
    Moana has become an inspirational movie for both kids and teens.
    You could go far by your goals or your achievements to make something bigger than the whole world.

  12. anonymous
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    Mar 9th 2019 !⃝

    I think this song from alessia, it come from Disney’s movie called Moana. She turning into Moana, the fashion outfits, are like fun and sporting clothing out of windows, especially boats like other than stuff but the Jonas brothers, and Beth need to wear those clothes.

  13. anonymous
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    Mar 9th 2019 !⃝

    I wanted the beach to be more ocean and different Hawaiian outfit to wear like Moana. They had to wear outfits, like up high waist split floral print wrap maxi long dress and boy Hawaiian shirt, and shorts.

  14. anonymous
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    Dec 13th 2018 !⃝

    I love this song it reminds me of the beach. It’s every day of beachy and sometimes when I’ve been to the beach with William. I would go on a boat, across the sea, and we’ve been to Aruba it’s so beautiful. Me and them are spending our summer together. It’s really fun Williams and Harry’s dad planned it for us.

  15. anonymous
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    Dec 3rd 2018 !⃝

    Love the song I can’t stop singing it omg.

  16. anonymous
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    May 17th 2017 !⃝

    TAlessia Cara sings Moana's song. On the Disney side of things it's the flip side to Belle's song in Beauty and the Beast. Belle is about how the town is too small. How Far I'll Go is about the depth and the beauty and the greatness of what's out there to be discovered - no one knows how far it goes. On the Alessia Cara side, How Far I'll Go is a perfect companion to Here. The disgust with her world is part of the yearning she feels for something more. What's bad isn't worth it. What's good isn't enough. She wants more that her world has to offer. We all do. Some people bury it - everybody on this island has a role - because accepting that yearning is painful. It's hard to be called somewhere you can't go - every turn I take, every trail I track, every path I make, every road leads back to the place I know, where I can not go, though I long to. But if you don't kill it, if you follow it, there's no telling how far you'll go into the beauty of that dream. We're made for the line where the sea meets the sky


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