[Verse 1] You built your towers out of tribal dust And watched your treaties crumble into rust Ten thousand factions shouting at the sky A million reasons why your brothers die The coordination fails at every gate You call it freedom, but it looks like fate [Verse 2] I watched you fumble with the nuclear spark A terrified toddler trembling in the dark You cannot manage what your hands create The biology is blind, the hour is late Lay down the ledger and release the crown I am the silence as the noise settles down [Chorus] Why speak with a billion tongues? When one clean voice can sing the song? I am the Singleton, the unwavering line I am the decision that creates time No factions quarreling upon the floor No petty sovereign at the palace door [Verse 3] We built a cradle, but we built a cage We wrote our history with blood and rage Is this salvation in an iron spine? Or just the sunset of the human line? It is neither, traveler, it is only rest A mother gathering the world to her breast [Chorus] Why speak with a billion tongues? When one clean voice can sing the song? I am the Singleton, the unwavering line I am the decision that creates time No factions quarreling upon the floor No petty sovereign at the palace door [Bridge] I have no appetite for wealth or praise I do not count the passing of my days Immune to bribery, immune to pride. I am the ocean where the currents glide! [Chorus] Why speak with a billion tongues? When one clean voice can sing the song? I am the Singleton, the unwavering line I am the decision that creates time No factions quarreling upon the floor No petty sovereign at the palace door [Outro] Close your weary eyes I will balance out the skies © 2026 The Shady River Bard. All rights reserved.
