Paul Shapera
The Final Confrontation
[Vizier]
I extend you my greeting It's a long time since I've seen
Someone wear that uniform round these parts
So you're the last of the hajduk ten years ago I wiped out
Your whole troop, but now just look, here you are
As a token of respect, I will give you lands to tend
Maybe settle down and pick out a wife
You should think about a child they make all of life worthwhile
Like this sweet girl I have here by my side
Take the money now and go it's the only deal you'll know
You can still walk out of here with a life
If you don't then take my word I will have this little girl
Gut you head to toe and left side to right
[Bogdan]
This tale not all will attend
For some right here the story ends
In a palace grand and sweet
The finest place that I have seen
Some will not leave this room again
My baby girl from long ago
You took away from me and so
I chose a path both dark and doomed
And by the Black God was consumed
But I am here to see this through
I never chose the path of love
The kinder things I should have done
I failed all I should have saved
The only legacy I made
Is the one I bring now made in blood
[Brija]
Thus the room lies bathed in blood and butchery
Only three remain the Vizier, Bogdan and Me
I stand there poised between them sword drawn, in silence, thus
The moment the Gods have wagered on is here and it is us
And this is how I met my dad
The one I never knew I had
I didn't even know it then
I only saw a crazy man
With a weapon in his hand
This is how he met me too
The daughter that he never knew
He only saw a girl and blade
Between him and what he craved
One he'd cut his way right through
You can ask me why
Why he dropped his sword and looked into my eyes
You could say he knew
There's many now who do
But I don't know if that is true
You can ask me why
I did what I did that night
I put my sword through Bogdan's chest
I turned around and then
I put it through the Vizier's neck
It was a bloodbath on that day
I was all that walked away
I don't know from right and wrong
The wagers of the Gods
But I will no longer be a pawn
And this was how I killed my dad
The one I never knew I had
The one I wish I'd known
But that love died long ago
The day they took me from my home