[Verse 1]
They loaded crates at dawn
Truck bed bouncing down a road I'd never known
I was perfect on the branch
Now I'm rattling alone

[Verse 2]
Supermarket fluorescent glow
Strangers squeeze and put me back
No one knows I had a tree
No one knows I had a home

[Chorus]
They say the apple doesn't fall far
But I was picked
I was pulled
I was cargo in the dark
No limb to hold me when the north wind blows
No shade when the burning comes
Just a countertop
Just a slow rot
Just a fruit that got too far from the tree

[Verse 3]
There's a bruise I can't explain
Soft spot forming on my skin
Wasn't there when I was hanging
Wasn't there back then

[Chorus]
They say the apple doesn't fall far
But I was picked
I was pulled
I was cargo in the dark
No limb to hold me when the north wind blows
No shade when the burning comes
Just a countertop
Just a slow rot
Just a fruit that got too far from the tree

[Bridge]
Sometimes I dream of the orchard
Of the weight of the branch
Of the million other apples
Who still have a chance
Then I wake on the linoleum
In a kitchen I don't know
And remember apples don't
Get to choose where they go

[Final Chorus]
They say the apple doesn't fall far
But I was taken
I was traded
I'm the one that got away
But there's no away for something that can't grow
Just a softening
Just a browning
Just a fruit that got too far
Too far
Too far from the tree

[Outro]
Just a core left on a plate
Someone threw me out too late
Not far from the tree they say
But I'm miles away
I'm miles away

Not far from the tree

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