Queens of the Stone Age – Hangin' Tree

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Would you like a way home
I bleed my own

Round the hangin tree
Swaying in the breeze
In the summer sun
As we two are one
Swaying

Can you see under my thumb
There you are

Round the hangin tree
Swaying in the breeze
In the summer sun
As we two are one
Swaying

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Track duration: 03:09


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    General Comment:the "swaying in the breeze" part probably tells that the dead hanging corpse is swaying in the breeze, but the song sounds positive and calm also musingly, like you see the dead as something good that belongs to live. Or like you are on strong anti depressiva pills. hm.
    Flag AnnSanityon October 10, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:What a beautiful and mysterious song.

    When I hear this song I immediately think about the reports I've read on the psychedelic use of Salvia divinorum. Many people report that when they smoke the herb properly, it sends them in a psychedelic trance where they lose their sense of this reality to a completely foreign reality. It is also commonly reported that Salvia trips include the user becoming fused together with a random object, such as a chair or plant. I've never achieved that level of transcendence with Salvia divinorum (though I plan to), but this song gives me a strong trippy vibe that I can't help but associate with the herb (especially after reading about some of its psychedelic effects). Does anybody else feel as if such a trip-like interpretation could apply to this song?
    Flag rishlooon December 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Reminds me of summer times, trippin', sun feels like a sauna,"As we two are one"..song gives me a nice vibe,ehhh flashbacks?
    Flag intomyheaditgoeson September 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think the song has something to do with slavery cuz if you were in love with a slave and you were ahite they hung you too
    Flag Relleon July 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think pretty much all QOTSA songs are about sex, drugs, or both.
    Flag votrebeaureveon May 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about a Hanging Tree. i Initially thought it was just about a large tree that seemed to hang down, but i later realized its about a tree used to hang people. "would you like a a way home" sounds like a coax someone could be using to get them into a car.
    "as we two are one, swaying" could be two people united in death.
    "can you see under my thumb, there you are" could possibly refer to the fact that whoever is DOING the hanging has complete control over that person. It sounds like the chorus of the song is almost a poetic rationalization of a horrible thing that is happening to two people, and the lyrics in the versus are references to whoever is hanging them.
    Flag egosleepon March 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song is beautiful. The beginning riff is awesome, and allows for it to build into absolute greatness.

    Two people were hung, and they're swaying there in the breeze, their bodies no longer aware of where they are or even that they are existent. But the general feeling of togetherness is their in view by other people.

    Is this song partly 5/4?
    Flag trumboneon January 31, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:best fcking love song of the old Kyuss/ QotSA roundup... teenage love gone bad for the first time..............
    Flag Foodforweakon April 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think the song is just a song about a seeing a person whose been hung. Like "Strangefruit". Where are they from? Does anyone know?
    Flag Minx2on January 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Maybe when he was young he spent his holidays loving under a tree. He's not been hanged because that wouldn't involve going round the tree.
    Flag Smackhead Pedoon January 02, 2007   Link

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