[Start] [Extended Instrumental] [Intro – Playful Piano Trills, Light Brass Flourishes, Cheerful Backing Vocals] [Spoken: Bemused] Well, it started with a tumble... who knew where it’d end? [Backing Vocals: "Who knew where it’d end?"] [Verse – Whimsical Piano, Sprightly Strings, Harmonized Backing Vocals] I tripped on a peel, slipped into fate, [Backing Vocals: "Slipped into fate!"] A roarin' machine sealed my leg's debate. Now I'm half a man, half a sapling sprout, [Backing Vocals: "Half a sapling!"] The timber of my life is branchin' out! [Pre-Chorus – Plucky Strings, Building Tempo, Energetic Backing Vocals] Oh, what a fine veneer I've become, [Backing Vocals: "Oh, what a fine veneer!"] From flesh to bark, a tune to hum. My roots aren't deep, my branches wide, [Backing Vocals: "Branches wide!"] But hunters see me and their axes glide! [Chorus – Brass Swells, Dynamic Energy, Bold Backing Vocals] Oh, I'm the last tree standin', hear my plea! [Backing Vocals: "Hear his plea!"] Turned to kindling, they're chasin' me! [Backing Vocals: "Chasin' me!"] With splinters sharp and a heart of pine, This woody man won't cross the line! [Backing Vocals: "Won't cross the line!"] [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse – Quickened Rhythm, Adding Percussion, Playful Backing Vocals] My arms are planks, my legs are logs, [Backing Vocals: "Are logs!"] I’m dodgin' men with chainsaw cogs! [Backing Vocals: "Buzz! Buzz!"] At the antique store, I posed for sale, “Hand-carved hero” on my new detail. [Pre-Chorus – Harmonized Vocals, Rising Intensity, Supportive Backing Vocals] From a sandin' block to the varnish tin, [Backing Vocals: "To the varnish tin!"] They want my limbs to warm their sin. [Backing Vocals: "Warm their sin!"] But I'm no firewood; I've got a spark, A runnin' oak with a rebel heart! [Chorus – Brass Swells, Dynamic Energy, Bold Backing Vocals] Oh, I'm the last tree standin', hear my plea! [Backing Vocals: "Hear his plea!"] Turned to kindling, they're chasin' me! [Backing Vocals: "Chasin' me!"] With splinters sharp and a heart of pine, This woody man won't cross the line! [Backing Vocals: "Won't cross the line!"] [Brass Solo] [Bridge – Dramatic Tempo Shift, Emotional Strings, Echoing Backing Vocals] Through forests paved & woodlands gone, [Backing Vocals: "Gone, gone, gone!"] I'm a relic now, a walkin' song. [Backing Vocals: "Walkin' song!"] They'll chop & burn till nothing's left, [Backing Vocals: "Nothing's left!"] But this wooden heart won't face regret! [Backing Vocals: "Won't face regret!"] [Big Finish] [Final Chorus – Climactic Brass Swells, Resolute Vocals, Full Backing Vocals] Oh, I'm the last tree standin', hear my plea! [Backing Vocals: "Hear his plea!"] Turned to kindling, they're chasin' me! [Backing Vocals: "Chasin' me!"] With splinters sharp and a heart of pine, This woody man won't cross the line! [Backing Vocals: "Won't cross the line!"] [Outro – Playful Piano and Bass, Fade to Whispered Vocals with Harmonized Backing] So here I stand, a leafy ghost, The man they fear, the one they toast. [Backing Vocals: "Oooh toast!"] If life's a fire, I’ll take the flames, [Backing Vocals: "Take the flames!"] The last wooden soul in their twisted games. [Coda] [End]