I'm blaming this one on the season but seriously why did this pop into my head at work.
I stand here, fists clenched as they lead my friend NO! the sorcerer to the pyre.
It's just a spell
It's just a spell
I'd seen it with my own eyes the man I'd thought I'd known a sorcerer. He couldn't be trusted, he deserved this.
It's just a spell
Maybe it I should stop this, renounce my claim it not like he hurt anyone. NO! magic is evil I know that, he's just messing with my head.
It's just a spell
It's just a spell
I just have to wait; the flames will cleanse the sorcerers magic and release me from his hold
It's just a spell
I meet his eye and see a look of despair and betrayal.
It's just a spell
I'm not betraying anyone. He betrayed me
It's just a spell
I could feel the heat against my skin
It's just a spell
I can hear his screams but I force my self still. I won't be controlled.
It's just a spell
Tears prick my eye. My nails dig into my skin. I want to run, to hide even just to look away but I can't. I have to see this. It's the only way to be sure, to be free. I have to remember
It's just a spell
It's just a spell
It's just a spell
He's silent now, I think he's dead but it not enough. I still feel this terrible guilt, this grief.
It's just a spell
I feel a hand try to tug me away but I stand firm I have to see this threw, I have to.
It's just a spell
It's just a spell
The chocking smell fils the courtyard settles into my hair my cloths. I think I'm alone now but still I wait, I can't leave yet not till I'm free.
It's just a spell
It's just a spell
I stare my eyes burning till suddenly I realize the fire had gone out. There is noting left but dust and bone.
It's just a spell
It hits me then as the guards begin to clear away the ash. My knees give out on me as a crumble to the cobblestones.
It wasn't a spell
So, Arthur found out about Merlin's magic and didn't take it well. But this could be anyone in Camelot anyone who turned in a friend, a neighbour, a family member because they've bought into Uther's paranoia. When you think about that's what's so insidious in Uther's philosophy how do you prove you're not a danger when any love, friendship or comradery someone feels for you can be hand waved away as enchantment. Even though in the show we're see that if you were enchanted you couldn't even think of turning against your enchanter.
