Kahimi Karie - Cat from the Future lyrics

When a girl dies with her need for affection Unmet, she comes back as a cat A wise man once told me that reincarnation Is common in cases like that Like Sei Shonagon I was once a good lady And you were my lover back when Your Samurai relatives ruled Kamakura I wish you'd had time for me then You were too busy hunting, or watching the wrestling Learning to fence andto ride You left me with servants who made me look beautiful Just in case you changed your mind So don't be surprised, love, if one rainy evening A meowing awakens your bed(?) And cat that's a ghost that can visit the past Comes pushing it's nose through your gate Don't be afraid of a cat from the future Somebody built a machine Allowing the cat to go centuries back Through an electronic catflap in time Don't be afraid if I seem supernatural One of us died long ago I don't mean to scare you, I needn't stay I just wanted to tell you hello In the future the miceare wiped out by a virus Pollution obscures the full moon Human beings live in cages They've built in the sky The tea rooms and temples are gone Cats are just guinea pigs People are astronauts Love is as cold as the snow People shoot moon rockets into the past It's the last unspoiled place left to go You're world has perished But sometimes I miss you And come slinking back to the past In search of affection the future can't give me Because it's too cold and too fast (Chorus)