“Lemon Tree” is a song by German band Fool’s Garden released in April 1995 in the USA, and October 1995 in the UK, and is taken from their third album, Dish of the Day (1995).
There are many theories about the lyrics. The first one is about the girlfriend of Peter Freudenthaler, the lead singer of the band, who had an accident. According to this story, the musician had a French lover who died after crashing her car into a tree. The tree she hit was a lemon tree and the song Lemon Tree was written because of this sad event. The song describes the depression after this great loss.In the lyrics of the song he talks about being very lonely, he is waiting for someone, loneliness is not good and he is very tired. In that sense, these lyrics are very fitting when you think about this story.
According to another theory, the lemon tree and the blue sky in the song are metaphors. While the blue sky symbolises hope and happiness, the lemon tree represents sadness, pain and feeling sad. Because a lemon tree gives lemons and lemons are sour! When life gives you lemons, sometimes you don’t have the strength to make lemonade. When it says ” Yesterday you told me ’bout the blue, blue sky” in the song, it is thought that his lover gave him hope, talked about beautiful things, but now that they are no longer together, all he can see is the lemon tree, that is, sadness.
It is even said that the artist had agreed to meet his girlfriend, but she didn’t show up. The lyrics “I’m wastin’ my time” and “I’m waitin’ for you” in the song were for this reason. Others say that this is all gossip and that this song is just a song about depression. The artist may be describing his depression with the lemon trees that prevent him from seeing the sky after the peacefulness of the blue sky.
“Lemon Tree” was released as a single in November 1995 and became an international hit the following year. The song reached number 26 on the UK Singles Chart and remained at number one for four weeks in Germany. It also reached number one in Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. “Lemon Tree” was certified gold in Austria, France, Sweden, and Switzerland and certified platinum in Germany and Norway. The band recorded a new version of the song for the 2009 compilation album High Times – The Best of Fool’s Garden.
