From the recording Cocoon
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">I wrote this song on a day I didn't feel like getting out of bed.</span></strong></p>
Lyrics
<p class="Standard" align="center"><strong> The Cocoon</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Intro</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>The morning light intrudes.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>A flash of noise into my calm.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>All pain that was subdued.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Is awakened by the bomb.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>For minutes, days and years.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>I was cradled in my dreams.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Sheltered from my fears.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>In a swaddle so serene.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>In a swaddle so serene.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>In a swaddle so serene.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>In a swaddle so serene.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Chorus</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>As the truth devours the fog.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>feeding, gorging, ‘til it's gone.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>nothing, nonexistence</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>turns into a morning shock.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>rough and rude awakens</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>what's real and not imagined.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>the dreams dissolve and disappear.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>The euphoria</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>is taken</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>falls away</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>when I awaken.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>The home</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>of the butterfly</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>bursts away</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>and is forsaken.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>The ugly truth</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>is blinding</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>my will to live</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>is shaken.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>There's no pain when you're dreaming.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>There's no pain when you're dreaming.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Verse two</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Everyone says this</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Everyone says that</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>the truth you can dismiss</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Or believe without a doubt</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>What to do and what to say</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>You want to win without a doubt</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>But you truly never know</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>If the butterfly should checkout</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>if the butterfly should checkout</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>if the butterfly should checkout</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>if the butterfly should checkout</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Chorus Repeat</strong></p>