This song features on the 1994 EP “Jar of Flies,” the first EP to debut on the #1 spot on the Billboard 200. The EP is also the first major studio recording featuring Mike Inez on bass, rather than Mike Starr. It follows the progression of a young person’s developing drug habit and subsequent fall i...
[Verse 1]
Hey, ah-na-na, innocence is over
Hey, ah-na-na, over
Hey, ah-na-na, ignorance is spoken
Hey, ah-na-na, spoken
Hey, ah-na-na, confidence is broken
Hey, ah-na-na, broken
Hey, ah-na-na, sustenance is stolen
Hey, ah-na-na, stolen
Hey, ah-na-na, arrogance is potent
Hey, ah-na-na, potent, yeah
[Chorus]
What I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawling back to start
[Verse 2]
Hey, ah-na-na, I repent tomorrow
Hey, ah-na-na, tomorrow
Hey, ah-na-na, I suspend my sorrow
Hey, ah-na-na, sorrow, yeah
[Chorus]
What I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawlin' back to start
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Hey, ah-na-na, a romance is fallen
Hey, ah-na-na, fallen
Hey, ah-na-na, recommend you borrow
Hey, ah-na-na, borrow, yeah
[Chorus]
What I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawlin' back to start
[Outro]
Hey, ah-na-na
Hey, ah-na-na
Hey, ah-na-na
Hey, ah-na-na
[Guitar Solo]
Rotten Apple was written by Mike Inez & Jerry Cantrell & Layne Staley.
Rotten Apple was produced by Toby Wright & Alice in Chains.
Alice in Chains released Rotten Apple on Tue Jan 25 1994.