[Intro] [Low four-note guitar motif] [Verse 1] You learned to say no. Good. Learned your life belongs to you. Learned a mark can show your talent without telling you what to do. You learned kindness has its limits. Learned that loyalty has a price. Learned that giving without choosing is just sacrifice dressed nice. So tell me— why stop there? Why draw another line? If your life is really yours, why should any piece be mine? [Pre-Chorus] No crown above your head. No chain around your feet. No reason you should kneel just because somepony says they need— [Chorus] Build your kingdom of one. Raise the walls. Bar the gate. You don't need another pony telling you to bend or wait. No masters. No obligations. No permission from anyone. If dependence makes you weaker— be a kingdom of one. [Verse 2] Cloudsdale missed the morning rainfall. Half the weather crew stayed home. "Not my field, not my problem. I decide where I will go." Two farms argued over water. Neither one would yield the stream. Both said compromise was weakness. Both were standing for a dream. In Ponyville the market closed three hours earlier today. Everypony had their reasons. Nopony would give way. [Pre-Chorus] No crown above your head. No debt you didn't choose. If compromise means giving, tell me— why should you lose? [Chorus] Build your kingdom of one. Raise the walls. Bar the gate. You don't need another pony telling you to bend or wait. No masters. No obligations. No permission from anyone. If dependence makes you weaker— be a kingdom of one. [Post-Chorus] My life. My voice. My road. My choice. My walls. My rules. My crown. My throne. [Verse 3] Rainbow flies her routes alone now. Applejack won't ask for help. Rarity stopped taking orders that don't benefit herself. Fluttershy's cottage stays quiet. Pinkie's room has lost its sound. Twilight walks through empty streets with seven stars painted all around. She says, "This isn't what we wanted." Maybe not. But look how far you've come. You wanted ponies free to choose. They chose to need no one. [Instrumental] [Dark melodic guitar solo] [Bridge] [Minimal, hypnotic] No one can betray you if you never let them in. No one can abandon you if you never need a friend. No one gets to hurt you. No one gets inside. Nothing can be taken when there's nothing left to divide. Safe. Untouched. Unbound. Alone. [Heavy guitars rise] Isn't this what freedom sounds like? [Final Chorus] Build your kingdom of one! Raise the walls! Bar the gate! You don't need another pony! You don't have to bend or wait! No masters! No obligations! No permission from anyone! If needing others makes you weaker— be a kingdom— be a kingdom— of one! [Post-Chorus] My life! My voice! My road! My choice! My walls! My rules! My crown! My throne! [Outro] [Music strips away] No one above you. No one owns you. No one commands you. No one beside you. [Pause] No one, no one [Four-note motif]
