[ti:The Princess and the Clock] [ar:Kero Kero Bonito] [al:The Princess and the Clock] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Princess and the Clock - Kero Kero Bonito/Douglas Lobban [00:02.52]Lyrics by:Douglas Lobban [00:05.04]Composed by:Douglas Lobban [00:07.57]Oh ooh oh [00:08.90]High up in a chamber [00:10.79]She painted pictures of the land that made her [00:13.95]Oh ooh oh [00:15.64]Shadowed by a clock face [00:17.50]The hands arrested at the time she came and [00:20.70]When she peered outside [00:23.31]She saw the birds so high [00:26.35]That she made a wish [00:29.57]To grow one day her own pair of wings [00:52.96]She sailed long from afar [00:56.31]To find herself in the world [00:59.80]When in the wind she heard an island call [01:02.93]And so she followed it and came ashore [01:06.44]On a beach with a crowd [01:08.17]"We waited here for you" [01:09.72]Then a voice said it was true [01:12.03]"We all prayed for a princess [01:17.36]You're the one heaven sent" [01:20.91]Oh ooh oh [01:22.76]High up in a chamber [01:24.57]She painted pictures of the land that made her [01:27.61]Oh ooh oh [01:29.31]Just to remember [01:30.39]For the memory got lost in the dark [01:34.43]Oh ooh oh [01:35.95]Shadowed by a clock face [01:37.73]The hands arrested at the time she came and [01:40.82]Though she showed the passing of the days [01:44.07]Eternally a child she would remain [01:49.28]Before she felt any fear [01:52.60]The air escaped into silence [01:55.96]She woke up lying on a gilded bed [01:59.69]With half a dozen maids around her [02:03.72]"We're keeping you safe in a tall place [02:06.50]Where you can see all the land you lead for us [02:10.34]By God's decree [02:13.07]Hail to the girl our Queen" [02:23.88]As the nights ran [02:25.86]Together blurring into years [02:27.71]Her brushstrokes never disappeared [02:40.64]Oh ooh oh [02:41.96]High up in a chamber [02:43.96]She painted pictures of the land that made her [02:47.06]Oh ooh oh [02:48.84]Just to remember [02:49.83]For the memory got lost in the dark [02:53.79]Oh ooh oh [02:55.31]Shadowed by a clock face [02:57.12]The hands arrested at the time she came and [03:00.24]Though she showed the passing of the days [03:03.54]Eternally a child she would remain [03:08.79]Until one day when a clatter rang through the hills [03:15.34]They found her gone and a smashed-open windowsill [03:21.93]A feather hung in the air [03:24.27]And the once-stopped clock was ticking on