[Orchestra – Intro] (Harp harmonics, low strings breathing) [Children’s Choir:] La—la—la—la La—la—la—la (simple melody, almost a lullaby) [Crab:] The fire is gone, the shell is cracked The night has learned my name I stood where justice asked me to And nothing feels the same [Children’s Choir:] La—la—la—la La—la—la—la [Monkey:] I climbed because the world said “climb,” Because it looked so small below I thought the higher that I went, The less I’d need to know I called it strength, I called it fate, I called it how things are But now I see the distance wasn’t height— It was my heart [Children’s Choir:] La—la—la—la La—la—la—la [Crab:] The tree still grows, the roots still drink From what was lost and spilled Not every story ends in peace Some lessons hurt… and will [Monkey:] If anyone should hear my fall, If anyone should choose, Let them learn before they climb What I was bound to lose [Children’s Choir:] Ah—la—la Ah—la—la (brighter, but still restrained) [Orchestra – Outro] (Strings thin, piano holds) [Children’s Choir & All (spoken, very soft):] The tree remembers. The mortar sleeps. The story waits… For those who listen.
