Up here in my tree, yeah
Newspapers matter not to me, yeah
No more crowbars to my head, yeah
I'm trading stories with the leaves instead, yeah

Wave to all my friends, yeah
They don't seem to notice me, no
All their eyes trained on the street, yo, oh
Sidewalk cigarettes and scenes, tempted
Up here so high I start to shake
Up here so high the sky I scrape
I'm so high I hold just one breath here within my chest
Just like innocence

(Eddie's down in his home)
(Oh, the blue sky, it's his home)
(Eddie's blue sky home)
(Oh, the blue sky, it's his home)

I remember when, yeah
I swore I knew everything, oh yeah
Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah
It's growing up just like me, yeah
I'm so light the wind he shakes
I'm so high the sky I scrape
I'm so light I hold just one breath and flew back to my nest
Sleep with innocence

Up here so high the boughs they break
Up here so high the sky I scrape
Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse
Of my innocence, got back my inner sense
Baby got it, still got it


Lyrics submitted by Trent, edited by JasonVoegele

In My Tree Lyrics as written by Jack Irons Eddie Vedder

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    I think that this song and this album are mainly about simplicity and the beauty of nature.
    The narrator likes the view from being in hte tree, and now that he is up there he is made happier and happier at his distance from "society" and his nearness to that which is real and beautiful...Nature

    While I dont think that this song is drug inspired, I do get reminded of my younger, "more carefree" days when I hear it. A friend of mine who had a party house that was full everynight would sometimes take large quantities of acid and go down to the park down the road and climb this huge pine tree. We would do this in the summer or the winter, dusk or dawn. I am terribly afraid of heights but would find myself 30 feet off the ground in this big tree, feeling safe, watching cars go by, watching people walk their dogs and shovel their sidewalks....it was very peaceful up there and we would sway in the breeze for hours and not even speak. That is what this song means to me.

    Bellyfull of Swanson January 07, 2005   Link

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