Esmeralda and Quasimodo during Hoch über der Welt in Der Glöckner von Notre Dame
Top of the World takes place when Esmeralda and Quasimodo are on top of Notre Dame and it’s sung by Esmeralda and the gargoyles. Esmeralda thinks that Paris is better when viewed from above and the gargoyles encourage Quasimodo to put the moves on her. His move constitutes asking to sit next to her, which she agrees to and in the gargoyle tradition of jumping to conclusions they start planning the wedding.
Lyrics[]
Loni: Quasimodo, don't be so shy.
Antoine: She's waiting for you
Charles: Think of something to say
Loni: Think of something to do
Antoine: I know...
Gargoyles: Show her the view!
Quasimodo: See... view?
Esmeralda: I bet the king himself doesn't have a view like this. From up here, it's hard to imagine that bad
things could ever happen in such a beautiful place.
Gazing down from the top of the world
Suddenly seeing a different city
Quaint and pretty and friendly and fair
Seen from the top of the world
When my outlook is a glum one
And I need a kinder point of view
Look how quick it can become one
With someone
Like you, to
Show me life from the top of the world
Nothing needs righting and no one needs pity
Thanks for bringing me into the air
And giving me Paris unfurled
Here at the top of the world
Antoine: Why are you standing like a statue made of stone?
Loni: Quasimodo...
Gargoyles: Say something!
Charles: You're with a girl
Antoine: (And what a girl!)
Loni: And you're alone
Gargoyles: At the top of the world!
Loni: She looked at you
Antoine: Right at you!
Charles: And she didn't scream...
Loni: ... or faint ...
Antoine: ... or lose her feed
Gargoyles: What more proof that
She likes you
Could anyone possibly need?
Loni: She wants you!
Antoine / Loni: What are you waiting for?
Victor: Don't waste this precious chance
Gargoyles: Quasimodo, do something!
Charles: The master's gone...
Loni: And here's a girl made for romance...
Charles: Ev'ry curve so well curled
Gargoyles: At the top of the world
Quasimodo: Esmeralda, I... Esmeralda...
Esmeralda: That's alright. We don't have to talk.
(Repeat song, with ESMERALDA and GARGOYLES singing simultaneously)
Loni: Say something romantic
Antoine: That's funny and fitting
Charles: It's making us frantic
Loni: The seconds are flitting
Charles: See how the clock can tick
Antoine: She may take up knitting
Loni: Please take our advice here
Loni / Charles: You have to entice here
Gargoyles: We don't mind admitting
We want to throw rice here...
Quasimodo: Es... Es...
Gargoyles: Oh well, I guess silence
Will have to suffice here
Quasimodo: Esmeralda...
Esmeralda: Yes?
Quasimodo: It's nice here
The two of us sitting
Esmeralda: The two of us sitting
Gargoyles: The two of you sitting
All: On top of the world!
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