"Cocoon" lyrics - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES

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

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 - against the mattress and wall

The heat melts the sheets - another layer is peeled
Tapping out rhythms...
Just my cot, the wallpaper and me
I've been here awhile - tapping out rhythms

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... against the mattress and wall

Waiting... to loose the bandages
Waiting for new appendages
Lying in blankets - I've been here a while
I've been here too long - banging out rhythms
Listen for other tappings...
Banging out rhythms
Back in the cocoon