I knew a woman once<br />
Giving birth to kittens and mice<br />
And the kittens were born full of their brothers and sisters<br />
And they were punished swiftly<br />
Though they didn't know why<br />
<br />
They thought they were food<br />
They did not know what they'd done<br />
<br />
And I was a person once<br />
Sending off unread letters<br />
Receiving no reply<br />
Never bothering asking why<br />
I had a heart once<br />
Full of fire and passion<br />
But the summer took it away from me<br />
<br />
And autumn has come to retrieve it<br />
<br />
And I was a man once<br />
When I was six-years-old<br />
But now I am just a boy<br />
Pretentious and brash and bold<br />
The kittens were murdered<br />
Thrown into burlap sacks<br />
And weighted down with rocks<br />
In a river deep and black<br />
<br />
And they went to Heaven.<br />
They went to Heaven.