00:20In boardrooms I conquered, chasin' stars so high
00:25Climbing ladders of power on the city light's side
00:30Thirty-five candles, the world at my feet
00:35But the mirror whispers secrets I refuse to meet
00:40Doctor's words like thunder shattering my throne
00:45Early menopause calls your garden overgrown
00:51Little time left, the flowers won't bloom
00:55I'd trade it tomorrow's for a corner office view
01:01All the babies I never held
01:04The laughter in the hall
01:07Regrets, the cold river drowns me
01:11I gave my all
01:12For the crown, for the name, for the fight I won
01:15Now hope lies broken under the setting sun
01:21I thought I had time
01:23Oh God, I had time
01:26Now the cradle stays empty
01:28In this heart's last time
01:31Lost hope in the silence
01:33Tears fall like rain
01:36Early autumn came and washed my dreams away
01:52Friends with strollers
01:55I smiled through the pain
01:57Career first, they told me
01:59You can have it all someday
02:02But biology doesn't bargain
02:05No deal with fate
02:07Doveries
02:08Fading faster, sealing my empty plate
02:12I cry in the penthouse
02:13Look, sheets cold as stone
02:15Photos of promotions where a nursery should've grown
02:18What if I'd chosen different
02:20Slowed the race just once
02:22Now the clock strikes midnight
02:26And my song is done
02:34I thought I had more time
02:41More time
02:46More time
02:48More time
02:52Why didn't they warn me
02:55The books, the talks, the lies
02:57Fertility's quiet, thief in designer disguise
03:02One in twenty women's shadows before forty-five
03:07I ignored the warnings
03:09Now alone I survive
03:12But the ache is eternal
03:15Though what if scream loud
03:17A legacy of success
03:20In an empty house
03:22Oh, the babies are never held
03:24Ghosts in the heart
03:27Regrets, eternal winter
03:29Buries it all
03:32The crown for the fame
03:33Empires I claim
03:35But motherhood's kingdom
03:36I never named
03:40I thought I had time
03:43Heaven give me time
03:45Now the womb falls silent in this endless night
03:50Lost hope worldwide
03:53Sisters, you might cry
03:55Sisters, you might cry
03:57Early time
03:57Don't betray me
03:58Watch the years fly by
04:05Echoes of the womb
04:08I ignored the call
04:10Fame can't hold you
04:13When the darkness falls
04:15Millions will sing it
04:18In cars and lonely nights
04:22This truth we buried under neon lights
04:27This truth we buried under neon lights
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