When I was six,
and when I was seven,
When I was fourteen,

They sat me at that desk,
And asked the question
about the sound

of a tree falling in the forest.

I didn't care,

No, I wouldn't guess,
I couldn't figure it out,
But they never took their own test,

about the sound
of a tree
falling all by itself in the forest.


[Bridge:]
I couldn't answer that question with bare logic,

didn't work out that way,
Living my years with my emotion,
Think I have my answer now...


When a man goes down,
Oh, a man goes under,

When a man falls out
and nobody notices
the repercussion of that sound

will be reflected in the eyes
of every stranger that you meet.


So look around,
yeah, 'cos it affects you,
and it becomes you,

whether you know it or not.
You ask questions with no answers,
and there's a loud

crash
of a tree
falling all by itself in the forest.


[Bridge]


When a man goes down,
God, a man goes under,
When a man falls out

and nobody noticed,
God, nobody noticed.


Can't you hear it?
can't you hear it now?
it's just the sound of the trees falling in the forest.

Can you feel it?
Can you feel the pulse?
it's just the passing of the people that don't make any difference.


Can't you hear it?
can't you hear it now?

it's just the sound of a tree falling in the forest.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel the pulse, feel the pulse?

it's just the passing of the people who don't make a difference.