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Tela

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Tela

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The sky is burning in this lonely man

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

Tela reached out her hand and helped forbin on to the back of

The multi- beast, and together they rode off into the forest.

As they rode, tela explained to him about wilson and the helping

Friendly book. she told the colonel that she was part of a

Revolution to overthrow the evil king. the leader of the

Revolution was a lizard named errand wolfe who was out to avenge

The death of his son roger. roger, she said, had been executed by

Wilson at the age of fourteen on suspicion of treason. he had

Been abducted from his home and hung in the public square.

The two rode on in silence, deeper and deeper into the heart of

The forest until they came to the outskirts of a small

Community. tela explained to forbin that they had reached the

Base of the revolutionaries. the colonel looked up and there in

The center of the clearing stood errand wolfe. he was a small

Man but his presence was overpowering. he seemed to emit a kind

Of violent energy that sent chills down the colonel's spine. and

As the multi-beast moved towards him, he raised his fist in

Anger, and his voice filled the forest.

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