Some of the lyrics....
“Don’t let them in, don’t let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know
Well now they know
Let it go, let it go
Can’t hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don’t care what they’re going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway.
It’s time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me,
I’m free
Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go,
You’ll never see me cry
Here I stand and Here I’ll stay
Let the storm rage on…”
Yeah, this is what I want my 5 year old to be processing each time she hears the song. “No right, no wrong, no rules for me” Sounds like a LGTBPDQXYZetc primer for pre-adolescents.
"Do what thou whilst shall be the whole of the law."
3. It's emotionally complex
Let it Go is unusual, because rather than being a love song or a positive anthem, it is tonally quite dark. Musicologist W Anthony Sheppard pinpoints the song’s negativity: “There are five ‘don’ts’, four ‘nevers’ and three ‘nos’ in the lyrics.”
“Hit Disney songs are usually so optimistic,” Wiley agrees. “They’re about love or happiness, but Let It Go starts from a pessimistic place and even when it makes its journey from a minor key to a major one, it's optimistic in a closed, selfish way.” Hence, Sheppard explains, the song’s final unfinished chord. Elsa may be happy in her isolated kingdom, but the rest of the world is plunged into winter as a result.
“You can’t tell if it is a Disney villain song or a Disney princess song”, Kirke says, “and that’s it’s appeal. It calls to mind Ariel’s Part of Your World in The Little Mermaid, but it’s an expression of latent power. That has a considerable psychological affect on children of a certain age.”