[Intro - the electric cello alone, one long bowed note, 8 bars] [Verse 1 - soft kick and warm sub bass, the cello low] He lived at forty thousand feet; she wed him, young, in summer heat; and on the night that sealed the pledge, he filled the frame from edge to edge. [Pre-Chorus - the beat tightening, the cello climbing] The room was dark, her eyes were bright; she lit no lamp; he was the light. [Chorus - full beat, the cello soaring over wide synth chords] A long exposure, hers to hold; the light builds up a hundredfold; and all that hurries blurs away; the last man standing, clear as day. [Post-Chorus - the cello hook over the full beat, 8 bars] [Verse 2 - full beat pulled back, warm bass, the cello low] She carried sons from room to room; the gardens came and went in bloom; the houses moved, the colors ran; he stood, a wingspan's width of man. [Pre-Chorus - risers climbing, the cello rising higher] She's kept the shutter wide for years, and one broad shape alone appears. [Chorus - full beat, strings added, the cello soaring] A long exposure, hers to hold; the light builds up a hundredfold; and all that hurries blurs away; the last man standing, clear as day. [Post-Chorus - the cello hook over the full beat, 8 bars] [Instrumental - full beat, electric cello solo, soaring, 16 bars] [Bridge - beat held low, pads and a distant cello] I glance up once. Two flyers blaze, still young through all her changing days; too swift to catch; her lens is slow; they're strangers she will never know. [Verse 3 - the beat rebuilding, bass swelling, the cello warm] His hair turns silver, not his strength; he still can go the night's full length; he has no more he needs to prove; she brings him close. She breathes, "Don't move." [Final Chorus - full beat, key change up, everything bigger] A long exposure, hers to hold; the light builds up a hundredfold; and all that hurries blurs away; the last man standing, clear as day. [Final Chorus - full beat, everything rising] A long exposure, hers to hold; the light builds up a hundredfold; and all that hurries blurs away; the last man standing, clear as day. [Instrumental - full beat, the cello in unison, one final massive hit] [End]
