Lyric discussion by szerba 

Cover art for World Princess, Pt. II lyrics by Grimes

im gonna do this simply by doing a line-for-line thing. kind of like a story, so bear with me as i try to do this lol. also this website got some of the lyrics wrong so ill be correcting them.

"I got a big dream, small world in between Me and everything I can’t do No really bad day, just okay I kinda think you sucked the life right out of the room"

She wants to do big things but can't because of the state she's in, so she becomes depressed and thinks she has no chance. Nothing saddening happened that day, but she was still sad, and it was because of one person who has the complete opposite of what she has, a wonderful life in a wonderful place. She's jealous of her. The one person, let's call her "bee", viewed the girl as lower than her because of bee's wonderful life.

"I know most likely How I used to be a frail and silly thought in your mind Don’t be unkind You’re so far behind me"

The first line is the girl talking, and saying how she believes and knows that bee thinks she's below her. then the third line is bee talking, saying how she should be nice to her and just generally telling the girl how, well, far behind her she is. kind of like an argument between bee and the girl.

"But I can’t see something more Than the things you try to take Now, you’ve made a mistake Don’t you cry"

then, the girl becomes so drenched with anger that she gets the idea to take revenge. she may have beat her up or theatened her, who knows. bee starts to cry, finally realizing the thing's she's done to the girl, but she realizes it's too late, and a 'sorry' isn't enough.

"It’s mine It’s mine"

this is just a simple "revenge is mine" type of thing. goes to show that just 2 words can mean a lot!

"I saw the parade, big band, masquerade So I'm thinkin' out on my feet Back at the first page, shut the game, for you, it ain't Oh, nothing else could be more complete"

bee's friends/the authorities find out what the girl's done and want to make justice, not knowing why the girl did it, and what drove her to take revenge. the girl makes a plan, and eventually kills the authorities/bee's friends in their attempt to kill the girl. the girl finally is at peace, thinking that nobody will ever be able to cross her, and thinking she could rule the world while going a little bit insane.

lyrics repeat.

"Dim the light In your head, in your heart, in your hiding emotion Where the waters meet"

by now a few years have passed, she's ruling the world, literally. she begins to think about what she's done and what drove her to do it. the girl feels empty, realizing everyone she knew and loved is dead because of her.

more repeating lyrics.

"It's fine It's fine It's mine It's mine It's mine"

she's battling her depression and emptiness. they win her over, and things get messy in her head.

"If I stare into the darkness, I won’t know where I am I haven’t seen the daylight since I started giving in My eyes are falling heavy, my feet are moving slow Ion, from man in form, not a stone"

she walks to a very high cliff, and stares down at the ground below it. she hasn't felt happy for what she did, just... empty. and depressed. she figures it will never stop unless she makes it. she finds herself moving to the edge of the cliff, her eyes closed. she gives up, finally finding peace with herself. she walks off of the cliff and plunges to her death.

i hope my explanation was up to par.

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