NOBODY TOLD THE TREES [INTRO - 12 BARS] [DRUM MACHINE] [ANALOGUE SEQUENCER ENTERS] [HIGH MELODIC BASS] [SHORT GLASSY SYNTH HOOK] [VERSE 1] He got a better office Three floors higher up A name beneath his photograph A different kind of cup They shook his hand On Thursday Said he’d finally arrived The tree outside The window Had been there Since ’65 [4-BAR BASS BREAK] [VERSE 2] She bought another handbag To go with all the rest She said it made her happy And maybe It did For less Somebody got A bigger house Somebody got A view Somebody somewhere Always has A little more Than you [PRE-CHORUS] We put numbers Next to everything Then wonder Why we lose We build ladders Just to climb them Then complain About the view [DRUMS CUT] Nobody told the trees [CHORUS - HUGE LIFT] Nobody told the trees Who’s winning Nobody told the sea Who’s rich Nobody told the sky Who’s famous Nobody told the birds Who is who We spend our lives Comparing The things We think we need And all this time Nobody told the trees [16-BAR INSTRUMENTAL] [HIGH BASS HOOK] [SYNTH ANSWERS] [JANGLING GUITAR] [OPEN HI-HATS] [VERSE 3] He changed the car In April It looked good In the drive For seven days He loved it Then somebody Bought a five She counted all Her followers Then checked them Once again Ten thousand people Watching And nobody Really there [BASS FILL] [PRE-CHORUS] We put stars Beside our names We make lists Of who belongs We make rooms For important people Then forget Why they’re important [ONE-BEAT PAUSE] Nobody told the trees [CHORUS - BIGGER] Nobody told the trees Who’s winning Nobody told the sea Who’s rich Nobody told the sky Who’s famous Nobody told the birds Who is who We spend our lives Comparing The things We think we need And all this time Nobody told the trees [POST-CHORUS] Higher Higher Higher [BASS CLIMBS] More More More [SYNTH CLIMBS] Enough? [DRUM BREAK] [24-BAR INSTRUMENTAL] [MELODIC BASS TAKES LEAD] [SEQUENCER FILTER OPENS] [SHORT GUITAR STABS] [LIVE TOMS OVER MACHINE BEAT] [NO VOCALS] [BRIDGE - STRIP BACK] There’s a man Across the road Who wakes at six Each day He hates the job That bought the house That keeps him In the job That bought the house [PAUSE] He says He’s doing well [LONG PAUSE] I suppose he is [LOW BASS NOTE] There’s a tree Beside his driveway It doesn’t own A thing No title No promotion No reason To impress It loses Half of everything Then grows it Back in spring [8-BAR BUILD] [KICK RETURNS] [SEQUENCER BUILDS] [BASS RETURNS HIGHER] [FINAL CHORUS - EUPHORIC] Nobody told the trees Who’s winning Nobody told the sea Who’s rich Nobody told the sky Who’s famous Nobody told the birds Who is who We spend our lives Comparing The things We think we need And all this time Nobody told the trees [COUNTER VOCAL] Nobody told them [MAIN VOCAL] No [COUNTER VOCAL] Nobody told them [MAIN VOCAL] Good [32-BAR INSTRUMENTAL RELEASE] [HIGH MELODIC BASS] [BRIGHT ANALOGUE SYNTH COUNTERMELODY] [OPEN HI-HATS] [JANGLING GUITAR] [DRUM FILLS] [LET THE HOOK BREATHE] [OUTRO - STRIPPED] He got a better office Three floors higher up [PAUSE] The tree outside The window [LONG PAUSE] Didn’t give a fuck [8-BAR INSTRUMENTAL] [BASS HOOK] [SYNTH MOTIF] [DRUM MACHINE STOPS] [FINAL QUIET VOCAL] Nobody told the trees [STOP]
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