Nine Cats — Porcupine Tree

The butterfly sailed on the breeze, Past a field of barbed wire trees Where golden dragons chased around, Pampered poppies on the ground. Two silver trout sat way on high And watched a royal samurai Plant two black orchids in a box And strap it to a laughing fox. A minstrel bought a crooked spoon, He gave it to a blue baboon Who filled it full of virgin snow And watched it in the afterglow.

Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes Teaching sixteen kangaroos How to skip across a lake, They found it hard to stay awake. A pharaoh played a merry tune And watched nine cats dance on the moon. I didn't know what all this meant, I didn't know why I'd been sent.

I threw 5 clocks down on my bed, The chimes danced out on golden threads And turned to footprints on my wall, Sequined tears began to fall.