Heartland

A friend of mine, a porcupine
Went up in a balloon
He sailed it here, he sailed it there
He sailed it nearly everywhere
Except, perhaps, the moon

He sailed with ease across the seas
An inch above the waves
And only joked at getting soaked
At which an ancient codfish croaked
"How nicely he behaves!"

He sailed it rough, with snarling tough
Wild animals below
He sailed it blind, and tried to find
Some gentle things who lived behind
The sunset's rosy glow

He sailed it hot, above a lot
Of scorching desert sand
He sailed it cold, as I've been told
Where crowds of happy penguins hold
Their flippers hand in hand

He sailed it high beyond the sky
And then I must explain
A spiky spine of porcupine
Popped his balloon so proud and fine
And brought it down again

now there's a metaphor for the temporal and transient nature of one's own existence if ever i read one...

Eh

Whatever you're on, can I have some of it?

Do you lick windows?

bit sad posting Hollowmen lyrics though ain't it

Sexygoth wrote:Do you lick windows?

Why? Do yours need licking?

It's from Bagpuss, as any fule kno.

Or at least as any fule with the ability to google "a friend of mine a porcupine" can easily find out

markfiend wrote:It's from Bagpuss, as any fule kno.

Or at least as any fule with the ability to google "a friend of mine a porcupine" can easily find out

I knew that. I have the "bible"

Now I'm jealous!

matrfiend's avatar is so great

randdebiel² wrote:matrfiend's avatar is so great

Why thankyou. It's certainly proved to be popular

Yours is pretty cool too.

Dave Whelan wrote:

Sexygoth wrote:Do you lick windows?

Why? Do yours need licking?

No, I'll lick my own windows thankyou very much!!

markfiend wrote:

randdebiel² wrote:matrfiend's avatar is so great

Why thankyou. It's certainly proved to be popular

Yours is pretty cool too.

thx

this was an experiment.. to see who would recognise it.. and how many people would post anyway...

Interesting... I was also very very bored at the time..