[acoustic guitar: playful, jaunty strumming with a bardic flair] [hand drum: steady, rhythmic beat, like a tavern jig] [fiddle enters: lively, melodic counterpoint] **(Verse 1)** [all instruments join in, upbeat and charismatic] Oh, I’ve danced with dragons, I’ve sung to the fey, I’ve wooed a lich and lived to play! But now my charm has met its match, In this jiggling cube, I’ve met my catch! [dramatic pause, with a single strum] Oh, my friends, don’t cry, don’t weep, Though I’m dissolving, my wit runs deep! **(Chorus 1)** [voices: rowdy tavern chant, with stomps and claps] Oh, woe is you, my dearest crew, What will you do without me too? Your shining star, your heart’s delight, Now stewing in goo on this dungeon night! **(Verse 2)** [fiddle plays a cheeky counter-melody] It’s warm in here, like a lover’s embrace, Though the acid’s burning, it’s quite the taste! My lute’s gone soft, my boots are gone, But I’ll serenade you ‘til I’m withdrawn! [drums pick up, playful energy builds] Oh, my friends, I see your tears, But don’t you fret, I’ll haunt your beers! **(Chorus 2)** [chorus grows more dramatic, with harmonized backing vocals] Oh, woe is you, my dearest crew, What will you do without me too? Your guiding light, your handsome bard, Now melting away—it’s really quite hard! **(Bridge)** [tempo slows slightly, instruments drop to just guitar and fiddle] Oh, the cube, it jiggles, it holds me tight, A lover’s grip on this fateful night. But oh, my party, I grieve for you, Who’ll charm the goblins? Who’ll sing you through? [drums build back in, tempo picks up] [guitar strums grow more dramatic, fiddle wails mournfully] I see your faces, your desperate cries, But alas, my friends, this bard must die! **(Chorus 3)** [all instruments swell, voices louder and more emotional] Oh, woe is you, my dearest crew, What will you do without me too? Your brightest flame, your clever muse, Now part of the slime—it’s tragic news! **(Verse 3)** [fiddle takes a playful solo between lines] So raise a glass, my friends, to me, The bard who died so gallantly! For though I’m gone, my charm remains, In every song, in every refrain! [drums and fiddle crescendo together] **(Final Chorus)** [all voices at full volume, instruments roaring, fiddle wailing] Oh, woe is you, my dearest crew, What will you do without me too? Your heart, your soul, your dashing friend, Now part of the goo, but this isn’t the end! **(Outro)** [instruments fade to just fiddle and guitar] [voice: soft, bittersweet, with a touch of humor] Oh, my friends, don’t cry, don’t weep, I’ll haunt your dreams and your ale so deep… [end with a final fiddle flourish and a hearty laugh from the crowd]
