[COCOON]
[Butterfly Effect ]
Ooooooooooh
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[VERSE 1 – LOCKED]
Isolated by despair, I spun walls of silk
Hid the parts I thought were too ugly to see
The sun tried to reach me—I let it pass
I curled into quiet, where misery speaks softly
If no one stays, then I’ll stay with me
Wrapped in the cocoon of my own becoming
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Ooooooooh
Isolation creates beauty
Ooooooooh
Walls crumbling down
Ooooooooh
I wept for my cocoon’s demise
Do I hide or fly free?
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[CHORUS – Locked, earwormy, floaty]
I’m unfolding, I’m not broken
Wings still damp, but I’m wide open
If I fall, at least I tried—
No safety net, I fly free
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[VERSE 2 – Co-written merge]
These old clothes hang loose, don’t fit anymore
Shedding layer by layer, down to the core
But I’m scared of the change, what waits underneath?
After peeling away all these layers of grief?
I grew a pair—but still don’t know how to fly
Still trembling… but I’m learning why
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[PRE-CHORUS – repeat]
Ooooooooh
Isolation creates beauty
Ooooooooh
Walls crumbling down
Ooooooooh
I wept for my cocoon’s demise
Do I hide or fly free?
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[CHORUS – repeat]
I’m unfolding, I’m not broken
Wings still damp, but I’m wide open
If I fall, at least I tried—
No safety net, I fly free
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[BRIDGE – Fragile to soaring]
Confidence rising, I feel brand new
I soared through lows, I soared through highs
Watch me wing it, watch me sing it
From darkness to rays of hope
No hiding now, I will fly free
Freeeeeeee
Ooooooh free!
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[FINAL CHORUS – floaty, ambient swell]
I’m unfolding, I’m not broken
Wings still damp, but I’m wide open
If I fall, at least I tried—
No safety net, I fly free
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[OUTRO – stripped down, intimate close]
“You’ve changed,” they said.
I’m still broken... I’m still me
I just learned how to fly free