Tall tales

Have you ever heard?

Of the ship of all ships?

Pirates and sailors all

Curse her name in the dark

The shadow

Said to contain

Riches beyond riches

Mark my words

All she brings

Is misery and death

I myself 

Have scars to prove it

Escaped her clutches

You don't believe me?

I don't tell tall tales

I was barely,

A young'un myself

Still wet behind my ears

My crew perished

Only I remained

The seas were still

No waves, no wind, no gulls

Pitch black, no stars in sight

And suddenly, no warning

She was there

Her hull, dark as night

We never stood a chance

Cause once she was upon us

My captain in a trance

Steered us right to her

No crew to man her

Her rigging came alive

Ropes whipping, sails flapping

As if in heavy wind

A storm that never ends

One by one

My crew was plucked

Far up into the air

Flailing and screaming

Piercing the silent night

My captain, eyes glazed

Caught by her pull

Walked as if on air

And grabbed her helm

A dead smile across his face

I jumped

I'm not ashamed to say

As ropes flailed about me

I cut myself loose

And myself in the process

I grabbed a plank of wood

And watched

The shadow engulfed

My ship whole

As I floated away

After that, it's a blur

I washed up on the shore

As the sun broke the night

On the beach of Broken mast bay

Where I've been ever since

You better heed my words

Or you will chase her too

In search of fame and riches

And end up yourself

With a dead smile on your face

You snicker and laugh

I hear you well

It is true, I tell you

You better believe

I tell no tall tales