The Princess and the Clock - Kero Kero Bonito

Lyrics by：Douglas Lobban

Composed by：Douglas Lobban

Oh ooh oh

High up in a chamber

She painted pictures of the land that made her

Oh ooh oh

Shadowed by a clock face

The hands arrested at the time she came and

When she peered outside

She saw the birds so high

That she made a wish

To grow one day her own pair of wings

She sailed long from afar

To find herself in the world

When in the wind she heard an island call

And so she followed it and came ashore

On a beach with a crowd

"We waited here for you"

Then a voice said it was true

"We all prayed for a princess

You're the one heaven sent"

Oh ooh oh

High up in a chamber

She painted pictures of the land that made her

Oh ooh oh

Just to remember

For the memory got lost in the dark

Oh ooh oh

Shadowed by a clock face

The hands arrested at the time she came and

Though she showed the passing of the days

Eternally a child she would remain

Before she felt any fear

The air escaped into silence

She woke up lying on a gilded bed

With half a dozen maids around her

"We're keeping you safe in a tall place

Where you can see all the land you lead for us

By God's decree

Hail to the girl our Queen"

As the nights ran

Together blurring into years

Her brushstrokes never disappeared

Oh ooh oh

High up in a chamber

She painted pictures of the land that made her

Oh ooh oh

Just to remember

For the memory got lost in the dark

Oh ooh oh

Shadowed by a clock face

The hands arrested at the time she came and

Though she showed the passing of the days

Eternally a child she would remain

Until one day when a clatter rang through the hills

They found her gone and a smashed-open windowsill

A feather hung in the air

And the once-stopped clock was ticking on