Cocoon

[Verse 1]

Here in my cot where my cot loves me

I'll stay here a while in the cotton wool cocoon

'Til the chrysalis is ripe

'Til the time is right

With this feeling of insecurity

I have to shrink back inside

Run and hide

[Verse 2]

Back in the cocoon hugging my knees

Watching my insides the skinned glow-worm writhings

Lying in blankets, I've been here a while

Tapping out rhythms, tapping out rhythms

Against the mattress and wall

[Verse 3]

The heat melts the sheets

Another layer is peeled

Tapping out rhythms, tapping out rhythms

Just my cot, the wallpaper and me

I've been here awhile

Tapping out rhythms, tapping out rhythms

[Verse 4]

Still finding charms in the memory of those constrictor arms

Glowing in the dark in my luminous green

A pearl beaded lizard bathed in a gossamer scent

With my heat detector lip-pit pulling at the newly formed tissue

Lying in blankets, I've been here awhile

Tapping out rhythms, tapping out rhythms

Against the mattress and wall

[Verse 5]

Waiting, waiting to lose the bandages

Waiting for new appendages

Lying in blankets, I've been here a while

I've been here too long

Banging out rhythms, listening for other tappings

Banging out rhythms, banging out rhythms

Banging out rhythms, listening for other tappings

Banging out rhythms, banging out rhythms

[Outro]

Back in the cocoon

Back in the cocoon

Back in the cocoon

Tapping out rhythms

Tapping out rhythms

Tapping out rhythms