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Chapter 0: Introduction
00:12
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Hey kids, join Action Princess from the hit magical girl cartoon Princess Squad in her very own action packed adventure - summon your magical monster slaying wand and prepare to declare what you’re princess of!
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Theme Song
00:50
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Don’t look now but here she comes
Action princess, action princess
Loves to fight and looking for fun
Act even when you’re afraid
Hope for those in need
Brave is what we try to be
Put on your shoes, no time to lose
Whatever’s next, we’ll find out soon
Anything, we’ll face it as a team
Charging in, it’s action princess
That’s who she is, action princess
Saving the day, action princess
What are you princess of?
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Another monster approaches the city! Another day, another fight for Action Princess and her team.
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Here we are again on the battlefield and I wouldn’t change a thing
Every time we fight we’re trying to make sure that tomorrow always comes
Evil schemes and laser beams, giant monsters come endlessly, we’ll take them all on
And it’s not just me, we stand up as a team to keep them all at bay
To my left and right there are heroes here to try to save the day
When the dust settles for the last time
We’ll take a long and well deserved rest
Maybe then I’ll finally have the breath
To tell you how I’ve felt since we first met
Evil schemes and laser beams, giant monsters come endlessly, we’ll take them all on
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The day has been won, but our hero’s heart is still locked in another, more delicate battle…
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Prettiest Girl
02:03
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She’s the prettiest girl in the world
But what do you do with that?
Since the first day that we ever met
I’ve only wanted to give her everything so that
So maybe she’ll see me
So maybe she’ll look at
Me with wonder in her eyes
Hold me in her hands
She’ll keep me right beside
Hear her say that I am
The prettiest girl in the world
But what do you do with that
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Distracted by her yearning, Action Princess doesn’t notice the cloaked figure approaching her from behind…
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Helplessness
02:27
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I am a vision of your bad dreams
And everything you never want to be
I am the burden of those sad things
You like to think you’ve overcome
Why don’t you stop and give it up
Admit you just can’t be enough
Let all that pain do what it came to do
And drag you down
I am the dirt that you fall into
When you can’t keep up on the high road
I’m always waiting here to catch you
When you get lost, nowhere to go
Why don’t you stop and give it up
Admit you just can’t be enough
Let all that pain do what it came to do
And drag you down
I am a double dose of helplessness
I am never ever going to go away
I am a double dose of helplessness
I am always going to be here to stay
To drag you down
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The next day, another monster focuses on the city. Unable to find her own focus, our hero hopes to clear her head one punch at a time.
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Anything but fine
02:31
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What’s the flavor of the day?
Whats the task I need to slay?
It’s time to give some fist to face attention to the problem
The world still needs us all
And I’m at it’s beck and call
But the news anchors still hem and haw about my cellulite
But don’t you fret, Don’t you worry
There’s still a job to do and I won’t let it get me down
I can’t be sad, I won’t be anything
I don’t get anything but to be fine (x3)
It’s not so bad, I’m sure this will pass
I can’t help if she, Sees right through me
Is that everything you’ve got?
Can’t you take another shot
At knocking all these thoughts out of my overloaded head
As long as I’m right here
Trading hits it’s all so clear
There’s nothing else to think about except another punch
But don’t you fret, Don’t you worry
There’s still a job to do and I won’t let it get me down
I can’t be sad, I won’t be anything
I don’t get anything but to be fine
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As the battle ends, Action Princess sees one of her teammates injured by a monster she hadn’t noticed. The cloaked figure approaches our hero again.
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Doubt you can
04:03
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Chapter 6: Beach day
00:10
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Noticing how down our hero is, the leader of the Princess Squad suggests a team trip to the beach. There, Hope does her best to cheer Action Princess up.
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Whatever it takes
03:33
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Despite her best efforts, Hope is unable to help Action Princess; seeing our hero so low, the cloaked figure appears once more.
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Dying Star
01:33
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What a success
I’d say we did it right
We kept you far away and isolated don’t you think that’s how you need to be?
But don’t you fret
Don’t you worry
Rock bottom’s just the start and baby grab a shovel let’s keep going down
Everything seems awful and I’m sure you’re feeling hopeless but there’s more to come
Isn’t it a lovely feeling, laying in the dirt and being sad
Consider this
If you curl up in a ball
You can really make it all more pitiful
You’re the dying star at the center of a universe that doesn’t even care
As bad as you feel, you can always know
At least you didn’t try
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Chapter 8: A realization
00:17
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It was then that action princess realized she had been doing this to herself entire time! The villain had been inside her all along, and every cruel word came from her own doubts and fears. She realized that no amount of punching could make her kinder to herself.
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Less than perfect
02:44
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Why don’t I stay?
Why don’t I try?
Why don’t I give it all the effort?
What would it hurt?
Is it really that bad?
Isn’t that the point of being here?
I don’t know that there can be
Any better time
So maybe now’s as good as it can get
To give us both a less than perfect chance
The cruelest words are often said in unopened mouths, coming from an enemy who knows you in and out
There’s no one better at bringing you down to your knees and taking out the weapons that you cannot stand against
Why don’t I stay?
Why don’t I try?
Why don’t I give it all the effort?
What would it hurt?
Is it really that bad?
Isn’t that the point of being here?
Living in a constant fear of being hurt by someone dear is not allowing any life at all
Only giving tiny pieces of what we see and what we feel doesn’t make the rest of us go away
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Prettiest girl part 2
03:12
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You’re the prettiest girl to me
So what can we do with that
Now that you’re here Why don’t we
let it all out and see that
Theres no end to the reasons that I love you
There’s no way to explain my hesitation
Now that I’m here it seems so unavoidable
This is where I’ve wanted to be
So maybe we can work it out
So maybe we can do this right
I’ll give you the best of myself
Can I take your hands into mine
I can’t offer you everything
I don’t need the world just your half
Theres no end to the reasons that I love you
There’s no way to explain my hesitation
Now that we’re here it seems so unavoidable
This is where I’ve wanted to be
So maybe we can work it out
So maybe we can do this right
And we’ve already fallen in love
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More to be said
02:46
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There’s always more to be said
There’s always more to be heard
There’s more to life than spending all your time trying to count every word
maybe you will find yourself
At the end of these long days
Wondering where their light has gone
Hoping they’ll come back to stay
Plant the seeds that become memories
Water them with waves of love and wait
Patiently in the garden, you will see, all you are and all you were to me
Chorus
People come, and people go, taking pieces of you in their pockets
It’s not always clean, sometimes it’s obscene, but it’s worth the love you spread throughout the world
maybe you will find yourself
At the end of these long days
Wondering where their light has gone
Hoping they’ll come back to stay
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