Cocoon - Assemblage 23

Even though I know it’s only chemical

These peaks and valleys are beginning to take their toll

Try to convince myself that all it takes is time

But the most derisive voice I hear is mine

It opens all the scars on me It leaves me shaken in my belief

It takes my hand just to drag me down

It makes me a stranger in the crowd

Give me isolation just for now

I feel a hard rain coming down

I promise that I will be back soon

But for now I’ll return to my cocoon

There is thunder in the distance and the sky grows gray

There is lightning in the clouds in search of prey

It’s not a matter of if as much as when

The clouds will break and the rainfall will begin

It opens all the scars on me It leaves me shaken in my belief

It takes my hand just to drag me down

It makes me a stranger in the crowd

Give me isolation just for now

I feel a hard rain coming down

I promise that I will be back soon

But for now I’ll return to my cocoon

Cracks in the chrysalis spread out like tiny snakes

That hiss a litany of rumors and mistakes

But I’m afraid their cause is fraught with futility

There is nothing more that they can take from me It opens all the scars on me It leaves me shaken in my belief

It takes my hand just to drag me down

It makes me a stranger in the crowd

Give me isolation just for now

I feel a hard rain coming down

I promise that I will be back soon

But for now I’ll return to my cocoon