Cocoon Lyrics - Castaways And Cutouts - Decemberists

This cocoon caught in Vesuvius' shadow 

Only the ashes remain 

And I waited there for you 

Why couldn't you? 

Here we lie, waiting for something to startle 

To shake us from gravity's pull 

And so sleeping hours are through 

What can we do? 

The sorry conclusion, the low dirty war 

It happened before you came to 

But this is solution and this is amends 

The joke always tends to come true 

And there on your windowsill 

Over the unmoving platoon 

Written in paperback 

The view to the quarterback's room 

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Under waning moon, this quiet serves only to hide you 

Provide you 

Well, I knew, well, I knew 

It'd come back to you 

Take this palm, follow the lines here are written 

Tracing the bends and the shapes 

And feel your fingers falling slack 

And all folding back 

The tainted election, the hole in the sky 

Command what is tried, what is true 

Without solution, with feet on the ground 

It won't make a sound 'till you're through 

So loosen your shoulder blades 

This is your hour to make due 

'Cause there, on the timberline 

Deep, cold November shines through 

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Soft and absolute, this quiet serves only to hide you 

Provide in you 

Well, I knew, well, I knew 

It'd come back to you