slay the princess Lyrics
She holds the sunset room with the drapes so white
The TV speaks as she sleeps through the night (Go)
Victorian towers birth a small warm light
And the clouds bend down to keep her pale face dry (Huh, let's go, hm)
[Verse 1]
In the dawn struck hours, she can finally rise
To roam this prison and to throw her cries
With the jade crown given to a man out of his mind
All the hope once distant has been lost in her sight (Hm, why?)
Backed to the wall, she is forced to fight
But a fight thought lost is one that's almost mine (It's mine)
Now her blood bleeds hot from out her rolled-back eyes
And her teeth grow out as hеr claws unwind
[Verse 2]
The door comes off its hinges in hеr hands like it was always open
Flesh has turned to ribbon as the guards confront the queen of olden
The loyalty once gifted to the king drips out of armour, broken
It's halved in lack of effort, left to rot until the streets are soaking
[Bridge]
Our queen of old is home (Our queen of old is home, uh)
The king shall turn to bone (I am the king, the king shall turn to bone)
She holds the sunset room with the drapes so white
The TV speaks as she sleeps through the night
Victorian towers birth a small warm light
And the clouds bend down to keep her pale face dry
About
“slay the princess” is a soft, ballad-like track that poses as the first ever collaboration between Sewerperson and michael harrison. The song is loosely inspired from the eponymous visual novel horror game Slay the Princess, with little references sprinkled throughout the lyrics.
The game’s objective is to slay a princess who is locked in the basement of a cabin in the woods. If you don’t, the world will supposedly end. Even though the name suggests otherwise, the game is a love story.
Sewerperson first teased the song in January of 2024 on Instagram with a snippet of the chorus and first verse. There would be no other updates until two days before release, where he announced the song and revealed the cover artwork.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
The song is premised around the video game Slay the Princess though Sewerperson has not explicitly said this.