Minstrel's Heart

Written by Bevan As told by Tessira Soderstrom

Minstrel's Heart

/Tessira nods and starts a quick drum beat
Mine is a bold and windswept life, a-wandering through this land.
I judge the world by my own law, and I live by my own hand.
And if you ask me how I dare to dwell so carelessly..
My song, my love, my minstrel's heart, are my authority!

/Tessira dances to the beat of the drum
My mother was a spinner of song, my father a dreaming man.
I have flown on the dragon's wing, and danced on holy land.
I've sung the flowers up from the ground, the raven from the tree.
My song, my love, my minstrel's heart are my authority!

/Tessira dances!
Once I was bound and fettered fast, by toil and mortal law.
But the ones who preach a god of slaves, can their own bleak rantings draw
I'll ask ye not for word nor leave. Rule yourself but let me be!
My song, my love, my minstrel's heart are my authority!

/Tessira does a quick jig, almost hiding a giggle as she pulls her hood up over her head
Then while I breathe this glorious air, an outlaw I'll remain.
My body will not e'er be subdued, and I will not be saved!
And dare the fates to still my song, they have no claim on me!
My song, my love, my minstrel's heart are my authority!

/Tessira takes a deep breath and belts out a dramatic finish
For my song, my love, my minstrel's heart are my authoriiiityyy!

/Tessira dances and collapses in giggles!