Butterflies in My Cocoon
Trap R&B, dancehall, Cassette, Grace, Rich, Tape Hiss, Echo, Shoegaze, soft 808s, modern hip hop, sharp, duet
Butterflies in My Cocoon
Trap R&B, dancehall, Cassette, Grace, Rich, Tape Hiss, Echo, Shoegaze, soft 808s, modern hip hop, sharp, duet
Lyrics
Intro
(Goldie, what up?)
(keep it low)
Rain on the windshield, but we ain’t parked
You keep lookin’ like you heard this part before
(don’t start)
I know
Verse 1
She don’t ask for much
That’s what makes it worse
Left her coat on my chair
Like she planned to return
Kitchen light flickers
Ice gone thin in the cup
I been quiet too long
Now the silence got weight to it
She reads my face
Like receipts I never meant to keep
Says I only get honest
When the night starts leanin’ on me
I told her I’m built different
She said, “No, you’re just careful”
And that hit closer
Than anything I paid for
Pre-Chorus
Butterflies in my cocoon
I hear wings, but I hold the shell
You want truth with the lights on
I only know how to tell it halfway
Butterflies in my cocoon
Don’t press your ear to my chest
Some things sound pretty inside
Then ruin the room when they leave
Chorus
She bad
But not loud with it
She don’t pose for the room
The room just learns where she is
She bad
Like a secret kept well
Like she could save me once
And regret it herself
She bad
And I hate that I know
One look from her
Make my whole front fold
Verse 2
She said, “Come dance”
I said, “I don’t move right”
She laughed once
Like she already knew why
Bare feet on the floor
Bass bleeding through the wall
Her friends in the next room
Talking like nothing falls apart
I could feel myself slipping
Not drunk, just near her
That kind of close
Where a man starts editing his future
She touched my sleeve
Not my hand
That was worse
Like she knew exactly
Where the damage was first
I don’t run from love
I just leave doors open
So when it gets too real
I can call it motion
Pre-Chorus
Butterflies in my cocoon
I hear wings, but I hold the shell
You want truth with the lights on
I only know how to tell it halfway
Butterflies in my cocoon
Don’t press your ear to my chest
Some things sound pretty inside
Then ruin the room when they leave
Chorus
She bad
But not loud with it
She don’t pose for the room
The room just learns where she is
She bad
Like a secret kept well
Like she could save me once
And regret it herself
She bad
And I hate that I know
One look from her
Make my whole front fold
Outro
(keep it low)
She fell asleep before the rain stopped
I kept driving past her street
Like distance was a softer way
To say what I couldn’t keep
(don’t start)
I know
I know
I know