Last One Standing - ATR

Lyrics:
Verse 1: I’ve stood here, rooted deep in earth, two centuries or more,
Watched the sky turn crimson, felt the rivers roar.
Seen the creatures weave their lives beneath my towering shade,
Now the air grows silent where their footsteps played.
Pre-Chorus:
Once, the forest sang with voices, every leaf a note,
Now the echo lingers, fading like a ghost.
Chorus:
I’m the last one standing, hear my silent plea,
Witness to the fall of every ancient tree.
Through the wind’s cold whispers, I can feel their cry,
As the axes rise and the forests die.
Verse 2:
My limbs were once a refuge for the hawk and the hare,
The fox beneath my branches, the eagle in the air.
But now the wind blows hollow where the green once thrived,
A barren world of shadows where no soul survives.
Pre-Chorus:
Once, the moon would bathe us softly in her silver light,
Now the stars shine lonely in the endless night.
Chorus:
I’m the last one standing, hear my silent plea,
Witness to the fall of every ancient tree.
Through the wind’s cold whispers, I can feel their cry,
As the axes rise and the forests die.
Bridge:
In rings upon my bark, their memory lives on,
But soon my voice will fade, like the morning dawn.
Who will hear the stories of the soil and the sky?
Of the ancient roots that held us when the world was high?
Chorus:
I’m the last one standing, hear my silent plea,
Witness to the fall of every ancient tree.
Through the wind’s cold whispers, I can feel their cry,
As the axes rise and the forests die.
Outro:
The ground beneath me trembles as the silence grows,
In the heart of what was life, the hollow wind now blows.

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Witness to the fall of every ancient tree!