[Verse 1]

Grandma Daisy raised a reverend

Uncle Dale sold people Heaven

All my cousins set the bar at perfection

[Verse 2]

Mama never swears or takes a drink

Daddy’s American Dream don’t ever sleep

Brother stared down the barrel of the devil in the Middle East

[Pre-Chorus]

Kinda hard to fit in these genes

[Chorus]

These roots are running deep, but run from me

Fell far from my last name

That legacy is bittersweet

And I’m liking the way that it tastes

Neck and neck with blood and flesh

If finding my own way is called a sin

Then, well, I guess

There’s a bad apple in the family tree

[Verse 3]

As I grew up, I let ‘em down

I tried to find some common ground

But couldn’t candy coat what’s cutting at my core

Yeah, ever since the day I was born

[Chorus]

These roots are running deep, but run from me

Fell far from my last name

That legacy is bittersweet

And I’m liking the way that it tastes

Neck and neck with blood and flesh

If finding my own way is called a sin

Then, well, I guess

There’s a bad apple in the family tree

[Bridge]

Bad apple, I’m just a bad apple

I fell far, fell apart, 'cause underneath

[Chorus]

These roots are running deep, but run from me

Fell far from my last name

That legacy is bittersweet

And I’m liking the way that it tastes

Neck and neck with blood and flesh

If finding my own way is called a sin

Then, well, I guess

There’s a bad apple in the family tree