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Bad Apple (radio edit)

from Bad Apple (single) by Scott Matthews

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Bad Apple is the second single from 'What The Night Delivers' and is Lauren Laverne's (BBC 6Music) favourite track. Featuring the legendary bass player Danny Thompson, this edit excludes the count in at the beginning, and the 'Jam' section at the end.

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Bad apple, rotten and dried
You can taste the demise in the bite
No friends, you barely begun
The worm and his army’s arrived

You wished the branch that grew strong
Would’ve helped you along in the queue
Instead you’re left on your own
Wasted and tasteless are you

Stagnate with infested regret
No longer a taste to pursue
I fell some time ago
I wasn’t ready to roll and be bruised

My core’s been under attack
And the thing that I lacked was a shield
No fight and unable to cry
Cause my juices had dried in the field

Oh well…

I land my feet in the dirt
So is this the moment for me?
To take root and cast a shade in the sun
And rise like a big apple tree

Oh well maybe it’s meant to be
Buried amongst dead leaves
Biding my time ‘til the dirt takes hold of me
It was hell but now there’s a tale to tell
The sun sent a card to get well
The bad apple’s broken the spell

Bad apple rotten and dried
That’s what they used to call me

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from Bad Apple (single), released September 29, 2011

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Scott Matthews UK

Scott's ground-breaking debut album, Passing Stranger earned serious critical acclaim, with his first single ‘Elusive’ winning the Ivor Novello for ‘Best Song Musically and Lyrically’.

His eighth studio release, Restless Lullabies due for release in April 2023 is of the purist acoustic delicacy, cementing Matthews’ undeniable mastery as one of our greatest songsmiths.
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