[Intro - Female, playful] I only came for the apples That is my story and I am sticking to it for about ten more seconds [Verse 1 - Female rap] Orchard row, ladder leaning, paper bag in my grip I said I needed fruit. I needed the trip to a place where you already were with a knife and a crate I only came for the apples. That is a lie I can date to the moment I checked the mirror twice before I left City perfume, county dirt, same old soft theft of the truth from my own mouth so I could look cool You handed me a Honeycrisp like I was still in school learning how to pretend I do not care who shows I bit it. Juice ran. The whole performance froze because you were watching like you already knew the script I only came for the apples. The apples came equipped with a man in a flannel who could see through the joke I kept the joke going. My voice almost broke [Pre-Chorus - Female sung] I only came for the apples I only came for the red I only came for the sugar and the story I said [Verse 2 - Male country] She said she needed a bag for a pie she might bake I said the best ones are higher, do not mind the rake of the leaves underfoot. She climbed half a step and laughed I held the ladder like a man who has done this craft a hundred times for family and never for a girl who talks in perfect paragraphs and still makes my world tilt a little when she pretends she is only here for fruit I only came for the harvest. That is also a mute kind of lie. I came because she texted a maybe and a maybe from her is a definite in my daily list of things that matter more than the yield I only came for the apples. The orchard is a field where the truth grows slower and the lies taste sweet She can keep the story. I will keep the seat beside her on the tailgate when the bag is full and the sun starts leaving and the air turns cool [Pre-Chorus - Male sung] She only came for the apples I only came for the rows We both came for a reason the orchard already knows [Chorus - Both] I only came for the apples that is what I said Then you handed me a better one and the sentence fled I only came for the apples paper bag and a plan Then the plan got quiet and I stayed for the man I only came for the apples call it what you need If the fruit is the cover then the cover is a seed [Verse 3 - Female rap] Do not get it twisted. I do like a good pie crust I also like a boy who does not flinch at my trust when I finally drop the act and admit the drive was never about the Honeycrisp. It was about alive in a way the city does not always let me be Ladder, leaves, your hands, the simple decree that a Saturday can mean more than a checklist item I only came for the apples. Now listen to the rhythm of the truth underneath the joke I used as a shield I came for the orchard. I came for the field I came for the way you look when you think I am not looking I came for the almost. I came for the cooking of something that is not dessert and not a game I only came for the apples. Say my real name [Verse 4 - Male country] I will let her keep the line if it makes her feel safe I already saw the truth in the way she ate the first half of the apple I gave her without wiping the juice That is not a tourist. That is a girl on the loose from a story that said she does not need this kind of slow I only came for the apples. Now we both know the bag is just a prop and the prop did its job bringing her close enough for the real thing to throb in the space between a joke and a stay I will carry the ladder. She can carry the day [Chorus - Both, bigger] I only came for the apples that is what I said Then you handed me a better one and the sentence fled I only came for the apples paper bag and a plan Then the plan got quiet and I stayed for the man I only came for the apples call it what you need If the fruit is the cover then the cover is a seed [Bridge - Trade then Both] [Female] Keep the bag keep the lie a minute more [Male] Keep the smile I already know the score [Both] I only came for the apples until I did not until the orchard showed me what I sought [Verse 5 - Trade] [Female] Tell me you knew when I texted that thin little yes [Male] I knew when you climbed and still tried to look effortless [Female] I only came for the apples—last time I will say it [Male] Say it. Then stay. The trees will not betray it [Final Chorus - Both, loudest] I only came for the apples that is what I said Then you handed me a better one and the sentence fled I only came for the apples paper bag and a plan Then the plan got quiet and I stayed for the man I only came for the apples call it what you need If the fruit is the cover then the cover is a seed [Outro - Female then Both] [Female] Bag is full story is thin [Both] I only came for the apples I am not leaving with only them
