Cocoon

V1
Cocoon...
I'm self absorbed, I never was adored
I'm all alone now I am so bored
I'm starving in a grocery store
I don't like anyone anymore
I lost my mamma and my daddy too
Now I'm living in a digital zoo
I'm all grown up but I'm just a child
I used to laugh now I don't even smile

CHOURS:
All the beauty, what a waste
Your sweet beauty now defaced
All the smoke and all the mirrors
Can't make out a single prayer

V2
Cocoon...
I got nothin' left to offer you
I got broken glass inside my shoe
I used to dream, under the sun
Now in my nightmares, I just run
Last night I kicked my TV in
I can't explain the rage within
My faith is gone, without a note
I woke up on the deck of a sinking boat

CHOURS:
All the beauty, what a waste
Your sweet beauty now defaced
All the smoke and all the mirrors
Can't make out a single prayer

V3
Cocoon...
I met a man in a second hand store
He said he couldn't shut his mouth anymore
He was a SOLDIER, JUDGE & TERRORIST
It got me thinking that he's never been kissed
He said to me "You built a wall around your heart...
and there's really no better place to start...
So here's a GUN and a FLAG and BOOK...
You read it once and you won't need a second look"

CHOURS:
All the beauty, what a waste
Your sweet beauty now defaced
All the smoke and all the mirrors
Can't make out a single prayer
Pile dirt upon my heart
You chose violence over art
All the chaos and despair
Can't make out a single prayer

V4
Cocoon...
Build that wall, isolate yourself, build it up
Build it high, isolate yourself, build it up
Build that wall, isolate yourself, build it up
Build it high, isolate yourself, build it up
Cocoon...

Words and Music ~ Chris Taylor March 2017