00:02Empty rooms, scrolling lights
00:11They call it an epidemic, but epidemics don't start themselves
00:26She stands in the mirror, counting the years
00:30Crowns still shiny, but the kingdom feels thin
00:34They told her the world was hers for the taking
00:38So she took it, and left the door open for no one
00:43Nights get longer when the invitations stop coming
00:48And the ones who used to wait have already moved on
00:57They write articles, they film the tears
01:00Why are the queens so alone?
01:05But the answer was written in every choice
01:08Made when the options still felt endless
01:13They built the wall themselves brick by brick of iron
01:18Not settling
01:21They crowned the top and discarded the rest
01:25Then wondered why the hallways went quiet
01:28The epidemic was never the silence of men
01:33It was the echo of every
01:35You're not enough, now the throne is cold
01:38And the truth is loud
01:40They chose to climb
01:43And forgot the ground
01:53Sixty summers later, she's still waiting for magic
01:56While the men who once chased learn to love the quiet
02:00The ones who provided got labeled the problem
02:04The ones who stayed soft got used up and left, she says
02:09Where did all the good ones go?
02:11But the good ones watched the pattern and walked away slow
02:15No speeches, no drama, just quiet departure
02:19Leaving the queens with the kingdom they built alone
02:26Look closer
02:28The loneliness wasn't sent from outside
02:32It was invited every time the standard rose higher than the heart could carry
02:38Every time options meant only the peak
02:41And everything else was temporary
02:44The data was there, the pattern was clear
02:48But the story had to stay pretty
02:52So they called it an epidemic
02:55Instead of a mirror
02:58They built the wall themselves
03:01Brick by brick of
03:03I'm not settling
03:07They crowned the top and discarded the rest
03:10Then wondered why the hallways went quiet
03:13The epidemic was never the silence of men
03:18It was the echo of every you're not enough
03:22Now the throne is cold and the truth is loud
03:26So they chose the climb
03:29And forgot the ground
03:45No names needed
03:48The ones who lived it already know
03:53The rest will feel it
03:56The next time the room stays empty
04:00The wall was never built by the ones who left
04:04It was built by the ones who stayed high above it
04:11Until the height became the loneliness
04:16Until the height became the loneliness
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