![]() ![]() I think that's the image that it conjures up to a listener or a reader. I thought, 'What if trees acted like people?' So I saw it as a cartoon really, and wrote it that way. I was working on an entirely different thing when I saw a cartoon picture of these trees carrying on like fools. ![]() ![]() 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. In the end, "the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw." The maple trees want more sunlight, but the oak trees are too tall. The lyrics relate a short story about a conflict between maple and oak trees in a forest. Ĭlassic Rock readers voted "The Trees" the band's 11th best song. Live365 ranked it the tenth best Rush song. Rolling Stone readers voted the song number 8 on the list of the 10 best Rush songs. On the live album Exit.Stage Left, the song features an extended acoustic guitar introduction titled " Broon's Bane." Witchcraft and its many cousins, such as fortune-telling and necromancy, are Satan’s counterfeits to holy spirituality. The song is also featured on many of Rush's compilation albums, and was long a staple of the band's live performances. The Bible has a lot to say about witchcraft. " The Trees" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, from its 1978 album Hemispheres. ![]()
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