Even though I know it's only chemical These peaks and valleys are beigging 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 to drag me down It makes 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 lighting 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 to drag me down It makes 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 like tiny snakers The 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 to drag me down It makes 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 Assemblage 23 "Cocoon"