I'll admit I'm full of shit
That's how I know I love you
That's how I know I trust you,
You're not sure if there's a right or wrong
But it feels like there is when I treat you like this
I go outside
I go outside

Texas, I won't come home
Not even if you call
I can't hear you at all
I can't explain why it's a sin the state I'm living in
I just feel so tired
I go outside
I go outside

My mouth is full, your heart is an apple
My mouth is full, my heart is an apple
Pomme-pomme-pomme-pomme-pomme-pomme-pomme-pomme

Please don't even call
I can't hear you at all.



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"My Heart is an Apple" as written by Edwin Butler Regine Chassagne

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    General Comment:Arcade Fire was made in 2001 and they released the ep in 2002 but they went through various changes in their line up due to numerous members leaving. They then re-released a studio version of the ep and eventually signed to Merge Records and you all know what happens next.
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    Anyways, I agree that this song is an apology from Win to his family for leaving them but he has grown tired of his life there and he wanted to start over again in some place new and live the life he wants to live.
    Flag asylumspadezon December 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:yeah sarah definitely was not a member yet when they recorded this... in fact they might not have even considered themselves a band when they did this ep... or at least they werent calling themselves arcade fire, cuz all sources state that the band formed in 2003, and the ep was recorded in '02.
    Flag thirsty_thursdayon November 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I don't think it's Sarah singing, I have the EP booklet and she doesn't even appear in the credits..
    Flag i.buried.the.devilon June 17, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i recently ventured into finding arcade fire b-sides and came across this amazing song which i believe is about having to make a huge change and leaving all you know behind...and maybe just following a river to your new life. (hince the running water sound effects)
    Flag donjuan912on February 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:It's not Regine singing, it's Sarah. And yes, DarkerShadeofWinter, this song is from the Arcade Fre EP.
    Flag sker3on December 25, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think this whole song is an open letter to his family and hometown, basically just his need for escape reiterated into a poetic form.

    “I'll admit I'm full of shit. / That's how I know I love you. / That's how I know I trust you.”

    He will admit that he shouldn’t have left his family or hometown for the very principle, and because of that he hopes they both know that he loves and trusts them.

    “You're not sure if there's a right or wrong. / But it feels like there is when I treat you like this.”

    It isn’t known whether he should’ve stayed or not, but when he’s rude and abandons in a sense, it’s easily exclaimed that he is wrong. Perhaps arguing in his family leads to people blaming him.

    “I go outside.”

    He leaves, goes outside his hometown.

    “I can't explain why it's a sin, the state I'm living in. / I just feel so tired.”

    He can’t explain why he wanted to leave other than he just felt so tired. It was just something he truly felt he needed.

    “My mouth is full, your heart is an apple. / Your mouth is full, my heart is an apple.”

    Clearly, eating each other up. I still believe this is family. Family are supposed to love and support each other, but end up taking chunks out of each other.

    This song is very simple and my explanation doesn’t do it any any justice at all. It’s so wonderfully sung, the part where it is only water sounds gives me chills. I also think it’s alluding to Snow White, the fact that “family” (sort of) dumped her off in the woods, and feeding her an apple. The entire thing, I believe, is a loose reference to that, perhaps only in spirit. Haunting.
    Flag pricillacoxon December 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Can you imagine being Win's parents and reading this line:

    "Texas, I won't come home
    Not even if you call
    I can't hear you at all
    I can't explain why it's a sin the state I'm living in
    i just feel so tired
    I go outside"

    This song is heartbroken.

    I love the blatant honesty.

    He loves and trusts his parents, but he's got to be on his own now, and come to his own conclusions about life.
    Flag mothruston December 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:he takes advantage of her but cares for her (maybe he loves her?), at least he thinks so at first, then he gets confused and reflects on it, he gets even more confused and he finally distances himself from her to not hurt her...
    Flag asteroideon November 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"You know how it is when your heart drops. Like a fall-bruised apple in the cold morning of autumn."

    Just reading that, and remembering this song, I've never felt more like I have a rich, red and ripe apple in the center of my being.

    Think of all the connections. The phrase, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." We all want a healthy heart. Apples grow and ripen and taste delicious and bruise and die and rot and each apple has the potential to grow an entire tree.

    Reminds me of the video for that Death Cab song, I forget which, but where there is an animated heart that gets broken half to death until it finally does die, and from its rotten remains grows a flower.

    I am most convinced that my heart is an apple, and I hope for the world's sake, that yours is too.
    Flag blueoftheskyon November 06, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:-_-;; Obviously it's Regine. I didn't think it sounded like her at first, which is really weird, seeing as she has such a unique style.
    Flag Spixxeron February 23, 2006   Link

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