[Verse 1]

Here I hang from the apple tree

Oh, take a little bite, take a bite for me

The pain, it keeps me sane

For I am more than a taste

[Verse 2]

The taste in the mouths of the starving crowds

All pulling at the leaves, pulling off to me

In feet first, a savage thirst

Oh, leave me be, leave me be

[Chorus]

Leave me be, I’m tired

And I feel so damn cold

Hold me like a child

‘Cause I feel so damn old

I got so damn old

[Verse 3]

Here I hang for the seated crowd

To look upon my eyes, look upon my mouth

And say, “We were there that day

I saw her face, heard a sound”

[Verse 4]

But now I sit where there used to be

A quiet little scene of an apple tree

White roots and balanced fruit

The winter glowed on her leaves

[Chorus]

Hold me like a child

‘Cause I feel so damn cold

Bind me like I’m wild

‘Cause I feel so damn old

I got so damn old

And I feel so damn old

I got so damn old