This is where I belong
Beneath the clear wide blue here
I feel completely new here
In the world above
It's like my life was wrong
And somehow, now at last I'm in
My own skin
Up here in the world above

There's so much light here
Light and space
The sun's so bright here
Upon my face
It feels so right here
Warm as love
Life seems to be
Almost calling to me
From this strange new world above

[KING TRITON]
This is where you belong!

[ARIEL, spoken]
You don’t understand!

[KING TRITON]
For once, just listen, will you?
That savage brute would kill you
In the world above!

[ARIEL, spoken]
He’s not a barbarian—

[KING TRITON]
Don’t try that same old song!
I’ll have you grounded ‘til next year!
Am I clear?
Don’t go near that world above!

[ARIEL, spoken]
I’m not a child anymore!

[KING TRITON, spoken]
No?
Have you lost your senses?
He’s a human
You’re a mermaid

[ARIEL, spoken]
It doesn’t matter!

[KING TRITON]
I’m still the king here
My word is law!
This filth you bring here
Is the final straw
And push, my daughter
Has come to shove!
I’ll make you obey
Till you do as I say
I don’t care, come what may
But I’ll keep you away
From that cruel, harsh, cold, vile world above!