The Princess and the Clock
Kero Kero Bonito Lyrics

Oh, ooh, oh
The song begins with a musical interlude.

High up in a chamber
In an elevated room.

She painted pictures of the man that made her
She painted pictures of who created her - possibly referring to a father figure or God.

Oh, ooh, oh
The musical interlude continues.

Shadowed by a clock face
Obscured by a clock's dial.

The hands were rusted at the time she came in
The clock showed that time had stopped awhile ago - possibly representing her stunted growth and isolation.

When she played outside
When she frolicked in the open air.

She saw the birds, so high
She saw birds soaring in the sky.

But she made a wish
But she had a longing desire.

To grow, one day, her own pair of wings
To eventually develop the ability to fly.

She sailed long from the fall
She traveled far from her starting point.

To find herself in the world
To discover her place in existence.

When in the wind, she heard a burning call
When she listened to the gusts, she sensed an intense plea.

And so she followed it and came ashore
And therefore pursued it and reached land.

On a beach with a crowd, waiting here for you
On a shore, where many people anticipated her arrival.

Then a voice said, "It was true
Then someone affirmed, "It was authentic.

We all prayed for a princess
We all petitioned for a female ruler.

You're the one, heaven sent"
You're the chosen one, sent by divine intervention."

Just to remember
Just to preserve the memory.

Before the memory got lost in the dark
Before the memory vanished into obscurity.

Though she shrugged the passing of the days
Even though she ignored the progression of time.

Eternally a child she would remain
She would forever maintain a childlike mindset.

But while she flies like the wind
But as she moves at an astonishing pace.

The air escaped into silence
The air dispersed and became quiet.

She woke up laying on a gilded bed
She awoke in a luxurious bed made of gold.

With half a dozen maids around her
With six female servants nearby.

"We're keeping you safe in a tall place
"We are protecting you in an elevated location.

Where you can see all imagining for miles
Where you can observe everything for miles around.

By God's decree
By divine order.

Hail to the girl, our Queen"
Cheers to the girl - our monarch!"

As the nights ran
As the nights elapsed.

Together blurring into years
Fusing together into multiple years.

Her brush strokes never disappeared
Her creative marks never vanished.

Until one day when the clatter rang through the hills
Until the day when a loud noise echoed throughout the hills.

They found my garland that smashed open window sill
They discovered my decorative wreath that broke the windowsill.

A feather high in the air
A plume floating aloft.

And the once stopped clock was ticking on
And the clock, which had stopped before, was ticking once again.