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Cocooned

from Open the Skylights by Tom Houston

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Cocooned

Just a small emotion
Struggling for breath
The tiniest of feelings
Hidden in the depths

So send me to the landfill
And keep me out of sight
Peck me with your seagulls
And shield me from the light

The merest of sensations
Tickling your dreams
Squirming in your bedclothes
Flickering on your screens

So send me to the landfill
And keep me out of sight
Peck me with your seagulls
And shield me from the light

I’m the butterfly of wonder and the butterfly of gold
The butterfly of angels wise before I’m old
I’m the butterfly of terror and the butterfly of shame
We’re all cocooned together and there’s no one else to blame

Invite me to your table
I wont spoil the meal
Ok …send me to the neighbours
If that’s the way you feel

Or push me to the landfill
And keep me out of sight
Peck me with your seagulls
And shield me from the light

I’m the butterfly of wonder and the butterfly of gold
The butterfly of angels wise before I’m old
I’m the butterfly of terror and the butterfly of shame
We’re all cocooned together and there’s no one else to blame



And all across our country
All over this land
Our children are not sleeping
Innocence buried in the sand

And I’m growing in the landfill
Expanding in the dark
I don’t mean to haunt you
But it’s time to kick on back

I’m the butterfly of wonder and the butterfly of gold
The butterfly of angels wise before I’m old
I’m the butterfly of terror and the butterfly of shame
We’re all cocooned together and there’s no one else to blame

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from Open the Skylights, released January 16, 2013

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Tom Houston releases his sixth studio Album in October 2023.
Everything in the Delicatessen.



Tom lives in Central Scotland and was songwriter of note on BBC Scotland's Iain Anderson's show in 2017.

He is also a regular on Tom Robinson's BBC Introducing Mixtape

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