On his 93rd birthday, William Shatner has shared his humble dream for life after death on his new single, “I Want to Be a Tree.” Like much of Shatner’s music, “I Want to Be a Tree,” finds him not so much singing, but waxing poetically, this time backed by instrumentation from Ben Folds and the National Symphony Orchestra, led by Principal Pops conductor Steven Reineke. “When my time has come, don’t put me in a box,” Shatner quips charmingly at the start of the song. The full story is subscription only in the Rolling Stone.