 It was the second song recorded for the album.It was written by Syd Barrett and its lyrics are inspired by text from chapter 24 of the ancient Chinese tome "I Ching" ("The Book of Changes"), similar to While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles.The translation Barrett referenced is not known, but phrases from the lyric can be found in the Richard Wilhelm and Cary Baynes translation of 1950, and the Legge translation of 1899.