First Kill

by Amon Amarth

From the album: Jomsviking

Track 1 of 11 on Jomsviking (2016).

Duration: 4:21

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Lyrics for First Kill

The first man I killed was the earl's right hand man When he came to take her away I ran his own sword straight through his throat And then I stood there, watching him fade The first blood I spilled was the blood of a varg I had to wipe his smile away I was not yet a man Nor was I a boy But still I made that bastard pay So I left him there On the stable floor Bathing in a pool of his own blood My one and only choice was to flee this land To leave this wretched place for good I am an outcast All alone I'm a nomad without home I am an outlaw I'm disowned And I am no man's son Through the cold midwinter night on a southbound winding path The stars and moon my only light, and the earl's men closing fast I swore that I'd return That I would see them burn I relive it in my dreams The smell, the blood, his dying screams To my father I was dead He took his hand from me He drove me away, I was shunned My one and only choice was to leave this land To become the prey that they would hunt I am an outcast All alone I'm a nomad without home I am an outlaw I'm disowned And I am no man's son I am an outcast All alone I'm a nomad without home I am an outlaw I'm disowned And I am no man's son

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  1. First Kill
  2. Wanderer
  3. On a Sea of Blood
  4. One Against All
  5. Raise Your Horns
  6. The Way of Vikings
  7. At Dawn's First Light
  8. One Thousand Burning Arrows
  9. Vengeance Is My Name
  10. A Dream That Cannot Be
  11. Back on Northern Shores