Listen for other tappings banging out rhythms
Against the mattress and wall
Lying in blankets, I've been here a while
Tapping out rhythms, tapping out rhythms
Against the mattress and wall
With this feeling of insecurity
Still finding charms in the memory of those constrictor arms
Banging out rhythms
Listen for other tappings banging out rhythms
Glowing in the dark in my luminous green
Tapping out rhythms
With my heat detector lip-pit, pulling at the newly formed tissue
Till the Chrysalis is ripe, till the time is right
Back in the cocoon, hugging my knees
I've been here too long banging out rhythms
Tapping out rhythms, tapping out rhythms
Lying in blankets, I've been here awhile
Just my cot, the wallpaper and me
Waiting, for new appendages
I've been here awhile tapping out rhythms
Banging out rhythms, banging out rhythms
Tapping out rhythms, tapping out rhythms
A pearl beaded lizard bathed in a Gossamer scent
The heat melts the sheets, another layer is peeled
Waiting, waiting to loose the bandages
I have to shrink back inside, run and hide
Watching my insides, the skinned glow-worm writhings
Lying in blankets, I've been here a while
Tapping out rhythms, tapping out rhythms
