Top of the World

Hoch über der Welt (Top of the World) takes place when Esmeralda and Quasimodo are a 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
Laverne : Quasimodo, don't be so shy.

Hugo: She's waiting for you

Victor: Think of something to say

Laverne :Think of something to do

Hugo: 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

Hugo:Why are you standing like a statue made of stone?

Laverne:Quasimodo...

Gargoyles:Say something!

Victor:You're with a girl

Hugo:(And what a girl!)

Laverne:And you're alone

Gargoyles:At the top of the world!

Laverne:She looked at you

Hugo:Right at you!

Victor:And she didn't scream...

Laverne: ... or faint ...

Hugo: ... or lose her feed

Gargoyles: What more proof that

She likes you

Could anyone possibly need?

Laverne: She wants you!

Hugo / Laverne: What are you waiting for?

Victor: Don't waste this precious chance

Gargoyles: Quasimodo, do something!

Victor: The master's gone...

Laverne: And here's a girl made for romance...

Hugo: 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)

Laverne: Say something romantic

Hugo: That's funny and fitting

Victor: It's making us frantic

Laverne: The seconds are flitting

Victor: See how the clock can tick

Hugo: She may take up knitting

Laverne: Please take our advice here

Laverne / Victor: 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!