Laurie Anderson - Tell All the Animals lyrics

I'm standing in the room where she was dying
She's talking in a high new voice
I've never heard before "Why
Are there so many
Animals on the ceiling now?" she says

What are the very last things you say
In your life? What are the
Last things you say, before you turn
Into dirt? When my mother died
She was talking to the animals that had
Gathered on the ceiling she spoke
To them tenderly "All you animals, "
She said her last words
All scattered different trains
Places she'd always
Meant to go "Don't forget
You're in the hospital, " we kept
Saying she holds up her hand
"Thanks, so much no
The pleasure is all mine" She tries again
"It's been my privilege, and my, my honour
To be part of this – experiment
This – experience – with you, and uh
Your family and, and it's been, it's been"

"Tell the animals" she said
"Tell all the animals"

Is it a pilgrimage? Towards what? Which way
Do we face? Thank you so much, for having me