[Lyric] Jestyn (Cats And Cats And Cats)

We met, the sky winked in the eye of the bombs
In café Taman Shud, Autumn '41
And I watched your lips move in a nurse uniform
As we shared the one drink and before you moved off
Slipped me the Rubaiyak of Omar Kahyyam
I sat there a while after you'd gone
Reciting his words while my whole body sang

Oh Jestyn, I knew
First on the redheaded Donnerstag noon
When I, though I hardly knew
Dipped into your soul, that dark hemlock spool

"Oh threats of hell, hopes of paradise
There is one thing that's certain - this life flies
One thing is certain and the rest of it lies
The flower once blown forever dies"

Oh Jestyn, I knew
First on the redheaded Donnerstag noon
When I, though I hardly knew
Dipped into your soul, that dark hemlock spool
As I moved from that place I kept hidden that verse
Deep in my pocket; a tangible curse
A totem symbolic of enduring love
Which fortold that day my eventual death
I would carry like poison throughout the years
'til I'm found on a beach having drawn my last breath

Oh Jestyn, I knew
First on the redheaded Donnerstag noon
When I, though I hardly knew
Dipped into your soul, that dark hemlock spool