Story Behind The Song

I have a lot of large trees in my yard which are quite old (mostly oaks). A lady was delivering flowers one day and commented on the beauty of the trees and said "if these trees could talk". Got me thinking and the rest just wrote itself (while I was mo

Song Description

A social commentary on how we might appear as a race to another species or perspective

Lyrics

Verse1
If these tress could talk, I wonder what they'd say
a hundred years of silence, and secrets locked away
They stand in quiet solitude, and watch us come and go
and I wish that I could understand what these old trees must know

Verse 2
They've watched our every move, and heard the things we say
They've seen us reach our hands out, and watched us walk away
They've seen our nation's heros, profess a 5 year plan
and become all too familiar with our short attention span

Chorus
But Sometimes in the evening, I hear them whispering in the wind
I listen for an answer, but the breeze dies down again
They're careful with thier comments, as if it's understood
And if these trees could talk to us, I wonder if they would

Lead Break

Verse 3
They know in every one of us, the evil and the good
The face we show to everyone, and the one we know we should
They know our proudest moments, they've seen the grand design
And I wonder what the trees will think of what we leave behind

Chorus

Outro
Be careful with your comments, I think it's understood
And if these old trees could talk to us, I wonder if they would