Tela

Album: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday (1987)
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  • The sky is burning in this lonely land
    And I kneel by the river
    And I feel the sand and the wind
    The wind from beyond the mountain
    The wind from beyond the mountain

    And she comes to me in this lonely land
    And looks down from the multi-beast
    On which she rides like the wind
    The wind from beyond the mountain
    The wind from beyond the mountain

    Tela was born in a vulgar crooked hut
    In the shadow of Wilson's castle
    Venomous scorn from a life of bitter toil
    In the shadow of Wilson's castle

    Glory esteem fueled by her hatred it grew
    Swelling to the point where it would
    Burst at the seems
    There was nothing she could do

    Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
    Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
    A lullaby the breezes whisper

    And I look into her eyes
    And my frozen heart begins to thaw
    And burns, 'til layer after layer
    Melts away into a pool
    A sky blue mirror of her eyes

    And my soul is made of marble
    But in her gaze I crumble into dust
    And drift away on the wind
    The wind from beyond the mountain
    The wind from beyond the mountain

    Tela grew strong from her struggle
    To endure in the shadow of Wilson's castle
    Time touched her wounds
    And shelter proved the cure
    In the shadow of Wilson's castle

    Each passing day seemed to feed
    The brazen serpent locked inside
    And liberate the spirit
    She'd concealed for so long
    There was no place left to hide

    Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
    Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
    A lullaby the breezes whisper
    Writer/s: TREY ANASTASIO
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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