Oh-oo-oh
High up in a chamber
She painted pictures of the land that made her
Oh-oo-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
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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-oo-oh
High up in a chamber
She painted pictures of the land that made her
Oh-oo-oh
Just to remember
For the memory got lost in the dark
Oh-oo-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 in 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-oo-oh
High up in a chamber
She painted pictures of the land that made her
Oh-oo-oh
Just to remember
For the memory got lost in the dark
Oh-oo-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