THE COCOON

Verse 1

Life can leave you crawling through the dirt,

Dragging every scar and every hurt.

A marriage ends, a job falls through,

You lose somebody you thought would stay with you.

Empty pockets, dreams you couldn’t afford,

Reaching for something, still wanting more.

Some get lost in a bottle, some in a flame,

Some use a needle just to quiet the pain.

Pre-Chorus

And when the whole world leaves you alone,

You find yourself building a home

Inside four walls nobody sees—

A little shell around your knees.

Chorus

We’re all living in a cocoon,

Some of us get there way too soon.

Broken wings, tired hearts,

Wondering how we ever got this far.

But Jesus meets us in the dark,

Reaches down and finds the spark.

He washes every scar and wound,

And makes something new inside the cocoon.

You thought your life was over too soon—

You were only changing in the cocoon.

Verse 2

Some wake up fighting a disease,

Some lose the strength to stand on their feet.

Some hear the words nobody wants to hear,

Some spend years drowning in their fear.

Cancer, addiction, poverty, pain,

Some pray for sunshine while standing in rain.

Paralyzed dreams, a heart barely beating,

Still wondering if life has a reason for keeping.

Pre-Chorus

But God doesn’t waste the broken pieces,

He stays when everybody else releases.

When you can’t crawl another mile,

He whispers, “Child, stay for a while.”

Chorus

We’re all living in a cocoon,

Some of us get there way too soon.

Broken wings, tired hearts,

Wondering how we ever got this far.

But Jesus meets us in the dark,

Reaches down and finds the spark.

He washes every scar and wound,

And makes something new inside the cocoon.

You thought your life was over too soon—

You were only changing in the cocoon.

Bridge

The caterpillar doesn’t know

What waits beyond the walls.

It only knows the darkness

And the weight of every fall.

But sometimes transformation

Looks a lot like breaking down.

Jesus doesn’t leave you there—

He’s building wings you haven’t found.

Final Chorus

Now the cocoon starts breaking open,

All the things you lost aren’t the words spoken.

The past still happened, but it doesn’t own you,

Grace came in and carried you through.

You ain’t the bottle, you ain’t the scars,

You ain’t the disease that tried to steal your heart.

Jesus cleansed what you couldn’t undo,

And breathed new life into you.

You thought God had forgotten you—

He was making a butterfly out of you.

Outro

So if you’re crawling through the darkness,

Don’t believe your story’s through.

Sometimes God hides the wings

Inside the broken parts of you.

You’re not buried, you’re becoming,

You’re not finished, you’re breaking through.

The world may only see a cocoon—

But Jesus already sees the butterfly in you.

Outro — repeat

You’re not buried, you’re becoming,

You’re not finished, you’re breaking through.

The world may only see a cocoon—

But Jesus already sees the butterfly in you.

Yeah, Jesus already sees

The butterfly in you.