This song is incredibly crafted poetry... and offers many readings and meanings...
Another meaning might be that 'She' (the cat's mother, the child's mother) knows (intuitively or otherwise) that something wrong has taken place involving the child ('doing'/'do'), but She won't say anything (refuses to? turns away?). Is the wrong 'unspeakable'? Is the truth? (hence the child lying)...
The mother is hiding the murderer/madman... The murderer ("It" = dehumanised reference) breaks the cage, gets into the house... The child is overwhelmed by fear, and made to do this and that...
'Am I the cat... bird...' = Metaphorically, the child becomes wild/other, a domesticated animal taking dead things to 'her' (her=non-mother?)... The 'bird' symbolizes the child's dead heart/soul and disclosures... The child is hunted/hounded, and is not a capable seeker in life...
"Mother Stands For Comfort"... just as those plaques remind us... but this 'mother' is not comforting the child... Rather, she is hiding the madman and murderer of the child's heart... She is 'staying mum' ...
This song is incredibly crafted poetry... and offers many readings and meanings... Another meaning might be that 'She' (the cat's mother, the child's mother) knows (intuitively or otherwise) that something wrong has taken place involving the child ('doing'/'do'), but She won't say anything (refuses to? turns away?). Is the wrong 'unspeakable'? Is the truth? (hence the child lying)... The mother is hiding the murderer/madman... The murderer ("It" = dehumanised reference) breaks the cage, gets into the house... The child is overwhelmed by fear, and made to do this and that... 'Am I the cat... bird...' = Metaphorically, the child becomes wild/other, a domesticated animal taking dead things to 'her' (her=non-mother?)... The 'bird' symbolizes the child's dead heart/soul and disclosures... The child is hunted/hounded, and is not a capable seeker in life... "Mother Stands For Comfort"... just as those plaques remind us... but this 'mother' is not comforting the child... Rather, she is hiding the madman and murderer of the child's heart... She is 'staying mum' ...