There's a Fell Wind Beginning to Stir...

This was an ironic earworm that popped-up on my iPod during break...

Perusing the blogs and news about all that's stirring in D.C. and rippling out to the rest of the country makes me think this Rush song is a little too prescient (lyrics courtesy of A-Z Lyrics Universe):

"The Trees"
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade

There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
'The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe and saw

"The Trees" as written by Armando Christian Perez, Ronald Ray Bryant, Drazen Kvocic, David Vurdelja, Angel Lafaele Noa
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

See also, some interesting commentary over at Sing365.com.