The Trees (Rush song)

"The Trees" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, from its 1978 album Hemispheres. The song is also featured on many of Rush's compilation albums, and was long a staple of the band's live performances. On the live album Exit...Stage Left, the song features an extended acoustic guitar introduction titled "Broon's Bane."

"The Trees"
Single by Rush
from the album Hemispheres
B-side"Circumstances"
Released1978
GenreProgressive rock, hard rock
Length4:42
LabelAnthem
Songwriter(s)Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson
Producer(s)Rush & Terry Brown
Rush singles chronology
"Cinderella Man"
(1977)		 "The Trees"
(1978)		 "Circumstances"
(1978)

Rolling Stone readers voted the song number 8 on the list of the 10 best Rush songs.[1]

Live365 ranked it the tenth best Rush song.[2]

Classic Rock readers voted "The Trees" the band's 11th best song.[3]

Lyrics

The lyrics relate a short story about a conflict between maple and oak trees in a forest. The maple trees want more sunlight, but the oak trees are too tall. The conflict ends when man cuts down the forest: And the trees are all kept equal... By hatchet, axe, and saw....[4]

Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart was asked in the April/May 1980 issue of the magazine Modern Drummer if there was a message in the lyrics, to which he replied, "No. It was just a flash. I was working on an entirely different thing when I saw a cartoon picture of these trees carrying on like fools. I thought, 'What if trees acted like people?' So I saw it as a cartoon really, and wrote it that way. I think that's the image that it conjures up to a listener or a reader. A very simple statement."[5][6]

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See also
  • List of Rush songs

References
  1. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-rush-songs-178108/the-trees-172227
  2. https://live365.com/blog/top-10-rush-songs/amp/
  3. https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-greatest-rush-songs-ever
  4. Rush. "The Trees Lyrics". Rush.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  5. Iero, Cheech (April 1980). "Neil Peart". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  6. "The Trees by Rush Songfacts". Songfacts.com. 2004-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
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