Interview link below. “This one talks about the guilt of being a musician. Or at least I felt like that on the day. I had this image of a teacher in the classroom 50 years on explaining all the bad decisions we made and the stupidity of everything, then how insignificant song writing felt compared t...
[Verse 1]
Well I just like to sing
Forget everything
And write of colour and string
Talk of life in the sea
But none of that will ever be
Healthy for society
Mmm
[Verse 2]
Teacher, tell us when
People hurt the people every now and then
What’s that all about?
Hurting one another
Finding no way out
What a time, what a time
Mmm
[Chorus]
Who am I? Honey, riddle me that
How can I say what’s white and what’s black?
Who am I? Got some knuckles to crack
Everybody’s riding on my back
[Verse 2]
She said life is like this fruit
Wholesome, good, and green at the root
But if it drops to the floor
What you get is bruises
And a love of a rotten core-ore-ore-ore ah-ah-ah-ah-mm
Core-ore-ore-ore ah-ah-ah-ah-mm
[Chorus]
Who am I? Honey, riddle me that
How can I say what’s white and what’s black?
Who am I? Got some knuckles to crack
Everybody’s riding on my back
[Outro]
Wearing animal skin
With no state to be in
Choosing good over sin
How sweet
Wearing animal skin
With no state to be in
Choosing good over sin
How sweet
Bad Apple was written by Billie Marten.
Bad Apple was produced by Ethan Johns.
Billie Marten released Bad Apple on Fri Apr 26 2019.