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Tela Lyrics by Phish

Colorado ’88

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[Narration]
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…

[Verse 1]
The sky is burning in this lonely land
And I kneel by the river and I feel the sand and the wind

[Hook]
The wind from beyond the mountain
The wind from beyond the mountain

[Verse 2]
And she comes to me in this lonely land
And looks down from the multi-beast on which she rides like the wind

[Hook]
The wind from beyond the mountain
Wind from beyond the mountain

[Instrumental Break]

[Interlude 1]
Tela was born in a vulgar crooked hut
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
A 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

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
And my soul is made of marble, but in her gaze
I crumble into dust and drift away on the wind

[Hook]
The wind from beyond the mountain
The wind from beyond the mountain

[Instrumental Break]

[Interlude 2]
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
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About “Tela” by Phish

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"Tela" is credited to Phish. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Tela" appears on "Colorado ’88".

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