Trees
Trees is the 12th track on the album, Regional at Best as well as the 11th track on Vessel
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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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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 |
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Trees | Regional at Best | 4:21 | 2010-2011 | 8 July 2011 | |
Trees | Vessel | 4:28 | 2011-2012 | 8 Jan 2013 | Trees, along with other songs from Regional at Best were remastered for their next album, Vessel |
Live
Lyrics
Lyrics
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Lyrics meaning
Lyrics |
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“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:
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all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the Genius website |
Sources
[1] [2] https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-trees-lyrics