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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a concept album about a punky Puerto Rican kid living in NYC named Rael. The lyrics were entirely conceived by Peter Gabriel, and while story is intentionally confusing and difficult to follow, the liner notes shed some light on what’s going on (although, to be hone...
[Verse 1]
Wrapped up in some powdered wool
I guess I'm losing touch
Don't tell me this is dying
Cause I ain't changed that much
The only sound is water drops
I wonder where the hell I am
Some kind of jam?
[Chorus]
Cuckoo cocoon
Have I come to, too soon for you?
[Verse 2]
There's nothing I can recognize
This is nowhere that I've known
With no sign of life at all
I guess that I'm alone
And I feel so secure
That I know this can't be real
But I feel good
[Chorus]
Cuckoo cocoon
Have I come to, too soon for you?
[Verse 3]
I wonder if I'm a prisoner
Locked in some Brooklyn jail
Or some sort of Jonah
Shut up inside the whale
No I'm still Rael and I'm stuck
In some kind of cave
What could've saved me?
[Chorus]
Cuckoo cocoon
Have I come to, too soon for you?
Cuckoo Cocoon was written by Phil Collins & Steve Hackett & Mike Rutherford & Tony Banks & Peter Gabriel.
Cuckoo Cocoon was produced by John Burns & Genesis.
Genesis released Cuckoo Cocoon on Mon Nov 18 1974.