25 Bad Songs: 4. "When The Trees Smiled Back‪"‬ Art In All Its Forms

NOTE: If you’d like to skip my commentary and go straight to the song, go to 12:28. However, I do suggest listening to the whole episode!
Thanks for waiting an extra WEEK for the fourth episode of “25 Bad Songs,” an Art In All Its Forms podcast series where I (Suraj) write 25 songs — one song a week — and show you how I did it!
Today’s song, “When The Trees Smiled Back,” tells a story about nature, climate change, and the things we take for granted that could be lost forever.
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Full Lyrics:
Verse 1We used to listen to The Beatles on road tripsEarly morning drives through the forestSinging la di dah dah day, la di dah dah day
Open up the windows you could smell itRedwood trees and the foliageSinging la di dah dah day, la di dah dah day
Pre-chorus 1Painfully unaware when we were youngerPlaying in the park as the fire got hotterSmiling at the trees in the scorching summerBut now I wish for the days
Chorus 1Back when the trees smiled back at usGet on your knees and pray for usThat they’ll smile another day, smile another dayBack when the trees smiled back at usYou better hope there’s hope for usThat the smoke will clear away, they’ll smile another day
Verse 2We used to listen to lay on the ground, feel the grass growLook at the sky and the stars aboveSinging la di dah dah day, la di dah dah day
Open up your eyes, you can see itThe things we take for granted gonna slip through our fingertipsImagine it, even if its too hard to admit
Pre-chorus 2Painfully unaware when we were youngerWe’re too lazy to let the world live longerSmiling at the trees in the scorching summerWishing for better days
Chorus 2Back when the trees smiled back at usGet on your knees and pray for usThat they’ll smile another day, smile another dayBack when the trees smiled back at usYou better hope there’s hope for usThat the smoke will clear away, they’ll smile another day
BridgeThe world’s gonna come crashing down around us and we can’t be bothered (x4) (La di dah dah day) (x3)
Chorus 2Back when the trees smiled back at usGet on your knees and pray for usThat they’ll smile another day, smile another dayBack when the trees smiled back at usYou better hope there’s hope for usThat the smoke will clear away, they’ll smile another day
OutroLa di dah dah day


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