Princess and the Clock

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 waiting 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 the 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 laying 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'll 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 the 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 the clatter rang through the hills
They found her gone and a smashed open windowsill
A feather high in the air
And the once stopped clock was ticking on