▁in ▁later ▁albums . ▁ ▁" The ▁Tre es " ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁forest ▁of ▁o ak ▁and ▁map le ▁trees , ▁the ▁latter ▁causing ▁an ▁up he aval ▁because ▁the ▁o ak ▁trees ▁grow ▁too ▁large ▁and ▁take ▁all ▁the ▁sun light . ▁The ▁map le ▁trees ▁form ▁a ▁union ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁o aks ▁cut ▁down ▁to ▁a ▁smaller ▁size . ▁The ▁song ▁is ▁a ▁political ▁comment ary ▁on ▁the ▁dom ination ▁of ▁Canada ▁( Map les ) ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁( O aks ). ▁Lee ▁explains ▁that ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁band ▁was ▁recording ▁in ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁coun tr ys ide ▁set ▁the ▁overall ▁tone ▁for ▁the ▁song : ▁" you ' re ▁watching ▁English ▁television , ▁walking ▁in ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁coun tr ys ide ; ▁there ▁are ▁sheep ▁talking ▁to ▁you ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁morning ▁when ▁you ' re ▁trying ▁to ▁sleep   ... ▁lyr ics ▁came ▁first , ▁and ▁we ▁wanted ▁to ▁construct ▁a ▁dynamic ▁little ▁tale ▁as ▁a ▁sound track ▁to ▁those ▁lyr ics ". ▁▁▁ ▁" La ▁Villa ▁Str ang i ato " ▁is ▁a ▁nine - min ute ▁instrument al ▁in ▁ 1 2 ▁distinct ▁sections ▁and ▁a ▁sub title ▁of ▁" An ▁Ex erc ise ▁in ▁Self - Ind ul gence ". ▁According ▁to ▁L if es on , ▁it ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁various ▁night mar es ▁he ▁would ▁have , ▁particularly ▁while ▁on ▁tour , ▁which ▁provided ▁the ▁theme ▁to ▁what ▁he ▁described ▁as