It's "Thought I saw you in my TEA LEAVES/ thought I saw you in a forest flame," not what's written. If you listen to the Export version of the song with Shara Worden, it becomes apparent. Link to SoundCloud here (it's track three):
http://soundcloud.com/owen-pallett/sets/owen-pallett-export-demo-ep
It's "Thought I saw you in my TEA LEAVES/ thought I saw you in a forest flame," not what's written. If you listen to the Export version of the song with Shara Worden, it becomes apparent. Link to SoundCloud here (it's track three): http://soundcloud.com/owen-pallett/sets/owen-pallett-export-demo-ep