I am referring to the lyrics of this vocaloid song: [Handbeat
Clocktower](http://vocaloidlyrics.wikia.com/wiki/%E9%87%9D%E9%9F%B3%E3%83%8E%E6%99%82%E8%A8%88%E5%A1%94_\(Shin%27on_no_Tokeitou\))

I have the impression that the title (which also comes up in the lyrics) means
"the handbeat of the clocktower" (or in other other words, the sound of the
needle of the clocktower).

However, the corresponding の construction should be 時計塔の針音, so why is it
reversed?

Does it perhaps imply that there is a handbeat that can be "universally" heard
and that it comes from that clocktower as opposed to something else, i.e. the
clocktower "of the handbeat"?

Or is there a grammatical explanation?
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grammar song-lyrics
針音ノ時計塔 or 時計塔ノ針音?
針音ノ時計塔 grammatically means "Handbeat Clocktower" or "Clocktower of Handbeat".
(Oh, I failed to find 'handbeat' in a dictionary, but let me assume 針音 means
handbeat) And it's 時計塔の針音 that corresponds to "Handbeat of Clocktower".

"Xの塔" (tower of X) can mean many things:

  * a tower made of X (material): 象牙の塔 = Tower of Ivory
  * a tower in X (place): ハノイの塔 = Tower of Hanoi (city)
  * a tower owned by X (person)
  * a tower used for X (purpose): 試練の塔 = Tower of Trials
  * a tower symbolized by/named after X: [太陽の塔 = Tower of the Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Sun); バベルの塔 = Tower of Babel (Babel is not the name of a city, but it means ['Gate of God'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel#Etymology))

針音の時計塔 probably means the 針音 is the symbol of that 時計塔, just like 太陽の塔.
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