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The lines you see below are the lyrics to Porcupine Tree's song called 'Nine Cats' from the album 'Insignificance'. Prizes for paraphrases. And ooh, a bonus video at the end.

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.