We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

I Wish I Was A Tree

from Early Doors: Archive Recordings by Echotone

/

about

This song written was by an old friend of mine, Alan Reed (a.k.a. Alien Alan), for his 2002 album 'Parallel World'. Alan is a gifted musician with a unique view of the world, and an early inspiration to me as someone who wrote and recorded his own material. I really liked this tune, especially the shift it takes into a minor key for the coda. I had the four-track to hand and whipped up this version; many thanks to Alan for indulging us recording this in the first place and allowing us to release it here. Check out Alien Alan online; his latest is 'The Me, Me, Me Society'.
_______________________

lyrics

Why is life so big when I am very small?
Like a grain of dust in the shadow of the moon
You’re so complicated
It’s messing with my head
Spending time worrying about
The things that you don’t have

And sometimes I wish I was a tree
Sometimes I wish I was a tree

Why is life so hard when I am very weak?
Like a piece of litter blowing in the breeze
You’re so complicated
It’s messing with my head
And I don’t understand
Why I’m even here at all

And sometimes I wish I was a tree
Sometimes I wish I was a tree

Why is life so big when the days are very short?
Like a ball of ice in the fire of the sun
You’re so complicated
It’s messing with my head
Spending time worrying about
The things that you don’t own

And sometimes I wish I was a tree
Sometimes I wish I was a tree

I don’t want to feel, I just want to be
I don’t want to feel, I just want to be
I don’t want to think, I just want to be

credits

from Early Doors: Archive Recordings, released July 26, 2022
_______________________

Written by Alan Reed. (c)2002 All Rights Reserved.
alienalan.bandcamp.com/releases

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Echotone image

Echotone London, UK

"Empathetic alt folk" - TIME OUT

"Layers of harmony and incisive arrangement squeezed into perfectly crafted songs" - PANIC MAGAZINE

"They have plenty of influences - country, folk, indie - but the overall effect is of a wonderfully fresh sound" - ROMFORD RECORDER ... more

contact / help

Contact Echotone

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

Echotone recommends:

If you like Echotone, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now