I Didn't Mind Waiting (Solomon Kane's Red Shadows)

from No Paths Are Straight and My Sword Is Useless by Jim Arkus

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The ceaseless beating of the drums
The strength of the primitive in me
The shimmering haze of the moonlight
Silvery mists among shadowy trees
Sword in one hand, dagger in the other
You’ve been trying to get away in vain
I tracked you down here in this jungle
And I didn’t mind waiting

I didn’t mind / I didn’t mind waiting
And no need you try to run
I didn’t mind / I didn’t mind waiting
And now your time has come

You slipped away back in France
When I sent thirteen sinners up in flames
Climbed out a back window in Florence
And you barely escaped by boat in Spain
Now it’s just us two in this glade
I can see in your eyes that your will gave in
In the end, your Black Gods won’t save you
And I didn’t mind waiting

I have followed you as a wolf follows a deer
My blade glimmers in the moonlight
We both are weary, and the trail ends here
A final plunge, the smile on your lips dies
In the distance, I still hear the drums
I wipe your blood from my blade
I have ended what you’d begun
And I didn’t mind waiting.

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from No Paths Are Straight and My Sword Is Useless, released August 28, 2022

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Jim Arkus Trenton, New Jersey

All the power, exhaustion, evil, and even black magic of the blues, played on the five string banjo, guitar, and the mountain dulcimer.

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