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Bad Apple (radio edit)
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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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Driving anywhere, just anywhere to get there
Asleep at the wheel with one eye wide awake
The moon’s well into its dream
As I ride inside a fuelled blood stream
Anywhere at anytime it thrives on
Filling my empty side
Unable to rest
Unwilling to stay behind
Insisting you take it everywhere
Like a cancerous cry
I adore you. It’s you that I idolize
I’ll live and die for you
As we strive for the morning’s high
Obsession never sleeps
You wake with it caressing your cheek
Just how can you ignore
The one thing you would die for?
You’re my enemy, my saviour
And my ever ruling dictator
That summons my thoughts towards
My infatuation
But a fatal fate awaits the greedy hand
Who’s bullied alone night and day
By their own demands
I adore you. It’s you that I idolize
I’ll live and die for you
And kill for the evening’s high
But it will never be the happiness you once had
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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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