“PRINCESS,” is a return to emotional songwriting and storytelling — written about relationships and the complex desire to be “anything” for a lover. Ward shatters Australia’s masculine, patriarchal values, by offering to “be the princess” or “play the queen,” and opens up the “infinite aspects” of h...
[Intro]
What is your name?
(Nick)
How old are you?
(Twelve)
Who are in your family?
(My dog, my mom, my dad and my grandparents)
[Verse 1]
Good things take the longest time
Nineteen years inside my body
And only now I'm glad it's mine
There's so many things that I could do
If you need me to be somebody
I could play that part for you
[Chorus]
Now be your princess
I'll play the queen
I'll be the one who dries your eyes
When you're so tired of everything
I'll be your princess
I'll play the queen
I'll write you love songs all the time
If you just give me time to think
[Verse 2]
Good things break and then they die
Even when I leave my body
I'll be with you all the time
And all of the things that I could do
You know there's not a single man on earth
I wouldn't take apart for you
[Chorus]
Now be your princess
I'll play the queen
I know that you need time to heal
So I'll be here though everything
Now be your princess
(be your princess, play the queen
I could be your anything)
Be your princess, play the queen
I could be your anything