Phish - Tela lyrics

Forbin and the Unit Monster
Were crouched over the
Soggy knight, carefully removing
His bulky helmet
When the colonel heard a sound behind
Him he turned around and
Came face to face with an
Enormous shaggy horse-like creature
Covered from head to tail
With alternating blotches of
Brown and white it was
A two-toned multi-beast, and atop
The multi-beast sat the most beautiful
Woman the colonel had
Ever seen after fifty-two years
Of undaunted bachelorhood
The colonel felt a feeling rush over him
That he had never felt before

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 burn
'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