David Cook isn’t lacking for inspiration these days. But while his skyrocketing career is certainly fairy tale fodder, Cook needs to look no further than his own backyard. To that end, the ‘American Idol’ winner wrote a song called ‘Permanent’ — the “poignantly personal” second-to-last track on Cook’s forthcoming debut solo record — for his brother, Adam, who is currently fighting cancer.

“I want this to be a piano lullaby to my older brother, who’s been battling a brain tumor for a long time,” Cook tells PopEater. “I knew that the record was lacking this kind of bare, honest, naked song. I didn’t allow myself to be metaphorical or anything other than, ‘This is the exact thought that I’m thinking, and I’m going to put it on paper and leave it alone.”

While recording the song, which features a 15-piece string orchestra, Cook found himself in emotional throes. “I was crying, of course, because I do that all the time,” he laughs.

As for his brother, Cook says he’s doing well and it’s fingers crossed for the future. “We’ve been very fortunate as a family to get quite a bit of good news pertaining to his illness while I was on tour,” Cook says. “Hopefully it’s all good news ahead.”

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