Trees

Guns for Hands
Song by Twenty One Pilots from the album Regional at Best
Released	July 8, 2011
Format	Digital
Length	4:33
Time signature	4/4
Tempo	129
Key	F#
Live debut	July 9 2011
Last played	April 1 2023
Composer	Twenty One Pilots
Lyricist	Tyler Joseph
Writer	Tyler Joseph
Producer	Tyler Joseph, Josh Dun
Label	Self-released
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Twenty One Pilots track listing Guns for Hands Holding on to You Ode to Sleep Slowtown Car Radio Forest Glowing Eyes Kitchen Sink Anathema Lovely Ruby Trees Be Concerned Clear

Trees is the 12th track on the album, Regional at Best as well as the 11th track on Vessel

Background

It is one of the last songs we play in our set and by this song usually I’m exhausted during the live set. For some reason this song gives me a second wind, I don’t even know where it comes from. That’s special to me. Something bigger than myself happens during this song. It’s one of my favorites.

–Tyler Joseph via Rock Sound [1]

Versions

Studio

Title	Releas	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Guns for Hands	Regional at Best	4:33	2010-2011	8 July 2011
Guns for Hands	Vessel	4:36	2011-2012	8 Jan 2013	Guns for Hands, along with other songs from Regional at Best were remastered for their next album, Vessel

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_iPVOMPt8E

Lyrics

Lyrics

Album version

[Verse] I know where You stand Silent in the trees And that's where I am Silent in the trees Why won't You speak Where I happen to be? Silent in the trees Standing cowardly [Chorus] I can feel Your breath I can feel my death I want to know You I want to see I want to say Hello, hello Hello, oh, hello [Refrain] Da da, da da da, da-da Da da, da da da, da-da Da da, da da da, da-da Da da, da da da, da-da [Verse] I know where You stand Silent in the trees And that's where I am Silent in the trees Why won't You speak Where I happen to be? Silent in the trees Standing cowardly [Chorus] I can feel Your breath I can feel my death I want to know You I want to see I want to say [Refrain] Hello (Da da, da da da, da-da Da da, da da da, da-da) Hello (Da da, da da da, da-da Da da, da da da, da-da) Hello, hello, hello, hello (Da da, da da da, da-da Da da, da da da, da-da) Hello, hello, hello, hello Yeah (Da da, da da da, da-da Da da, da da da, da-da) [Outro] Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Hello, hello! (Oh, oh) Hello, hello! (Oh, oh)

Lyrics meaning

Lyrics
“Trees” is the oldest song written for Vessel. twenty one pilots recorded it for their independently released 2011 album Regional at Best and then rerecorded it for Vessel after they signed under label Fueled by Ramen. As Tyler Joseph explains in an interview, the original lyrics were inspired by an event in his life in which he was searching for something in the woods. The ultimate message he explains, is a search for truth. What form this truth takes on is up for debate. There are two general interpretations of these lyrics: A chance encounter occurs in a the secluded forest between two people who suffer from social anxiety. They nervously wait it out, not saying a thing. A spiritual journey is depicted in which the narrator feels as though he has found God but struggles with doubt, as God doesn't show Himself directly. [1]
all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the Genius website

Sources

[1] https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-trees-lyrics