"Last Man on Earth" is the fifth track on Welcome 2 My Nightmare. The song is described by Cooper as "out there" and unexpected. The applause at the end of the song is a reference to the next track "The Congregation".
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"Last Man on Earth" is reminiscent of the Welcome to My Nighmare song "Some Folks".
The song was partially based on the Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last" in which a man survives a nuclear holocaust and is the last person on Earth.
The song structure was influenced by Tom Waits.