Always

A princess was invited to an island-

A king’s castle in the sea

No one came to take her suitcase

She waited in the garden outside

The guests inside were dressed for the water

But the princess remained outside alone

And the king who had called her

His precious flower

Would not grant her a room of her own

She was young and frightened

By the glittering wealth, and she wondered

If she’d be allowed to stay...

But she slipped herself into the sea and

Swimming, naked, all the crystal,

Lovely, dancing waves were hers and

Whispered, "I am here, yes, I am always"

The king was angered by such indecency

He sent his soldiers to pull her out

Her foot met something sharp on the ocean floor

But still she did not want to leave

She saw the king, and she saw with him

That the island was not her home

She could not live her life

Like the rest of his court-

She needed a room of her own

But she slipped herself into the sea and

Swimming, naked, all the crystal,

Lovely, dancing waves were hers and

Whispered, "I am here, yes, I am...

Always, always, always, I am

Always, always, always, I am, always"

The castle still stands there on the island,

But the king and his court are alone

And his beautiful, precious flower

Has swum away to a room of her own

She slipped herself into the sea and

Swimming, naked, all the crystal,

Lovely, dancing waves were hers and

Whispered, "I am here, yes, I am...

Always, always, always, I am

Always, always, always, I am

Always, always, always, I am

Always, always, always, I am"