Under the Sea

"**Under the Sea**" is a song performed by Daveed Diggs, with back-up vocals provided by Halle Bailey, from Walt Disney's 2023 theatrical film, *The Little Mermaid*, whose music and lyrics were composed by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman.

## Meaning of the Song

This is a epic song sung by Daveed Diggs, as his character Sebastian tries convincing Ariel that life is better under the sea, instead of on land.

## Lyrics

[Intro: SEBASTIAN, spoken]

Okay, okay, listen to me

The human world is a mess

Life under the sea is better than anything they got goin' on up there

[Verse 1: SEBASTIAN]

The seaweed is always greener

In somebody else's lake

You dream about going up there

But that is a big mistake

Just look at the world around you

Right here on the ocean floor

Such wonderful things surround you

What more is you lookin' for?

[Chorus: SEBASTIAN]

Under the sea, under the sea

Darlin', it's better down where it's wettеr

Take it from me

Up on the shorе they work all day

Out in the sun they slave away

While we devotin' full time to floatin'

Under the sea

[Verse 2: SEBASTIAN]

Down here all the fish is happy

As off through the waves they roll

The fish on the land ain't happy

They sad 'cause they in their bowl

But fish in the bowl is lucky

They in for a worser fate

One day when the boss get hungry

Guess who gon' be on the plate?

Oh, no

[Chorus: SEBASTIAN, *ARIEL*]

Under the sea, under the sea

Nobody beat us, fry us, and eat us in fricassee

We what the land folks love to cook

Under the sea we off the hook

We got no troubles, life is the bubbles

Under the sea (*Under the sea*)

Hey, under the sea (*Under the sea*)

Yes, child

Since life is sweet here

We got the beat here naturally (*Naturally*)

Even the sturgeon an' the ray

They get the urge an' start to play

We got the spirit, you got to hear it

Under the sea

[Bridge: SEBASTIAN]

Watch this

The newt play the flute

The carp play the harp

The plaice play the bass

And they soundin' sharp

The bass play the brass

The chub play the tub

The fluke is the duke of soul, yeah

The ray he can play

The ling's on the strings

The trout rockin' out

The blackfish, she sings

The smelt and the sprat

They know where it's at

An', oh, that blowfish blow

[Chorus: SEBASTIAN, *ARIEL*, **BOTH**]

Yeah, under the sea (*Under the sea*)

Under the sea (*Under the sea*)

When the sardine begin the beguine

It's music to me (*Music is to me*)

What do they got?

**A lot of sand?**

We got a hot crustacean band, ha

Each little clam here

Know how to jam here

Under the sea

[Post-Chorus: SEBASTIAN]

Each little slug here

Cuttin' a rug here

Under the sea

Each little snail here

Know how to wail here

That's why it's hotter

Under the water

Ya, we in luck here

Down in the muck here

Under the sea

## Trivia

* For this sequence sequence, director Rob Marshall called it a "big, massive musical number" and said that creating the underwater environments involved "a lot of work in advance with John DeLuca and myself creating these musical sequences, to prep it in advance from storyboards to something called pre-visualization, which is almost like a little mini-animated film, so we know how it flowed and how it worked ... You are creating a world, you’re creating creatures, but it’s very important to me that it feels real – you have to believe, you have to care about them, you have to follow their journey."

## References

1. ↑ The Little Mermaid Remake Director Teases "Massive" Under the Sea Number

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