Rush - The Trees

The Trees By Rush

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[magiclic666]

No, you clearly didn't understand my point.

American landmass: Every single country in North America, Central America and South America

Canadian landmass: Canada

[MrRaccoonSloth]

"they got lyrics of trees talking to each other and shit, gimme an r o c k, rock! now that was a fucking concert" -Ricky

[johnmyung83]

108 people have trouble with the trees...

[schef75]

I am an Ent I don't like this song

[elvisandhismom]

Peart was heavily influenced by the works of Ayn Rand when he wrote this. It is about the injustice of the weak and unable ganging up and looting the capable - the workers of a factory unionizing to bully the man who, with the brilliance of his own mind and the might of his own will, provides them jobs. Not only were you wrong, but your guess was exactly opposite of what the theme really is.

[elvisandhismom]

The incapable/unable maples want what the oaks have- light. But instead of reaching the light by the most rational way, by growing (earning it), they band together and take what they want by force (legislation) without earning it. In the same way, those people who cannot provide for themselves (those with too many children, the unemployed, the lazy, the disabled, elderly, etc) demand money from those who earn more money.

[Killers455x]

"north america"

[roman14032]

i belive this song is about

trees

[Gord Martin]

fuckin right i'm from Ontario went to visit up in northern que and spoke English and they wouldn't even aknowledge me

[coltsrule5150]

in the end the maples ended up getting more sunlight, how does that make it an anti-socialism song?

[greg persondek]

It's a song about the haves and the have nots. A song about kings and peseants. And how the greedy and the needy all meet the same end.