Oh Hellos, The - Trees Lyrics

My heart is a city I must protect. Even if I build walls around my city, they are still going to be broken. My city will be stomped on, so I dont build walls. I simply shoot any outsider on sight.


Moral of the story: my heart has become north Korea.

19 people are trees who disliked this video

My 16 year old son introduced me to The Oh Hello's and I have been listening to everything from the group that I can find. I am 65 years old. Just wonderful music.

I love this song

I love it as well, and I am too lazy to explain why, although part of why is that I just do.

I just realized that "shaking limbs tend to end up bent and broken" could apply to either tree limbs or human arms and legs. Kind of obvious, I guess, but the wording lets the double meaning carry really well.

Heartache pales in comparison to love. <3

I think this song is about breaking up with someone because how it talks about tree limbs breaking and then later it says "Higher branches harder fall" probably talking about getting really close to someone romantically then them breaking up with you and then getting really sad. Then at the end of the song talking about heartache

Higher branches, harder fall would likely refer to the more close you allow yourself to get to someone, as in the more that you allow yourself to love them, the harder it hurts if/when that relationship breaks off. So climbing higher is to have deeper feelings.

This song seems to have a cynical or fearful way to look at allowing yourself to love someone. It is almost as if they are hesitant to actually give their heart away. But I love how it has somewhat of a positive or hopeful twist at the end... "But heartache pales in comparison to love." It is as if the choice is made even with all of the fear and hesitation.

cc patate <3

LOVE. THIS. BAND!!!!

Those ten people who disliked have never heard good music before

Found the Oh Hellos on tiny desk concert. Sooooo glad I did!

Climbing trees, like we did when we were children.
Scaling walls, the walls that took us years to build.
Climbing trees, haven't much since we were children.
Shaking limbs, tend to end up bent and broken.
Safe inside, the walls we built we found ourselves a home.
Higher branches, harder fall.
Hesitation stops us all
Higher branches, harder fall.
Hesitation stops us all.
Higher branches, harder fall.
Hesitation stops us all.
Higher branches, harder fall.
(Oh you'll never know)
Hesitation stops us all.
Oh you'll never know.
Oh you'll never know.
Oh you'll never know.
Climbing trees.
Haven't much since we were children.
Shaking limbs, tend to end up bent and broken.
But heartache,
Pales in comparison to love.

Anyone know any songs very similar to this one?

Well if you mean style: Monsters of Men

If you're wondering about a song with the title: Twenty one Pilots - trees

home - edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros

the little guitar tune sounds like harvey beaks lmao

37 seconds: Chicken lips. You will not unhear it 

the chicken of limbs

I hear chicken little

That's what I heard first

This song was used in our wedding video.  I had never heard it before, but now it's a constant reminder of the start to the best thing that's ever happened to me.  Every time I hear it, I'm torn between dancing and crying and praying.  You guys are wonderful

That's so beautiful

amazing today at the newport folk festival

Aaaand this is my new "filler" song for playing live sets. You guys are fantastic.

this is one of those songs u wish were a whole lot longer.

2:05 best part :D

How did I not know this band before? Well, it least NOW I know it !!!

Friggin love this song!

this music touches my heart. such a lame thing to say but it is true. no matter how alone, sad, angry, just any bad feeling i get, when i put on bands like this the feelings just fade away and i just sit there feeling so alive and lost in the beautiful music. music like this just makes you feel not alone

I'm going to pretend that one dislike was an accident. And I forgive you.

Michael Rushton Jr. aww. Such kindness.

How have I been living without this?

Love this so much

They do, don't they?! I thought that was just me.

Would make an awesome music video

Good song for Flipped :)

This music makes me feel like the world is good.

Except not boring!

Just this song.

como se llama la cancion que dice hello hello hello hello guow ho ho ho

On their website they say they are influenced by "The Lumineers to Sufjan Stevens and The Middle East" but I'd argue those bands could take some influence from them. Rock on you amazing pair.

YES!!!! OMG I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!!!!!!

MY HEART IS EXPLODING.

thehappiestcamper sAMe

Am I right in saying the chords are (with capo 4) C - G - F and then at the picky bit C and Am? I'm trying to work it out here haah!

I believe if more people listened we would have world peace and we would all climb trees.


that sounded better in my head.

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I wish you to become more popular cause i'm sure that many people wish to know you, but they don't

Whoa, this is so great - so glad I found it!

absolutely stunning. come to toronto!!

all those small new bands have the right to be reconised beside international singers . That's what we all want . No more pop !!

Amel Loudghi Then they would no longer be "small" bands. And pop music isn't bad by definition.

Amel Loudghi i mean if this became as popular as pop it would become pop
Edit: just noticed this was from 5 years ago oops, sorry for that

Wow. Refreshingly good stuff. I like it. :]

... this is an awesome song. why have only 40 people heard it?