Black sails of the hell bound ship against the yellow sky Upon her wrecked and wretched decks I ride Into the sea's eternities, where evil men reside and prisoners and pillagers alike I've seen the nighttime crash upon the innocent and free By the hands of wrecked and wretched men like me I've seen the lives of fathers, daughters, sons and families sink deep down low below the sea Deep down low, deep down below the ocean Deep down low below the sea The souls of sunken sailors sleep We'll set you seas ablaze like wildfire on the plains From the depths of wretchedness come rage Upon her dark decrepit decks the devil carved his name I wonder what it is that sends a sailor out to sea To find the wrecked and wretched men like me I wonder when the slow eroding stone of sanity sinks deep down low below the sea Black sails of the hell bound ship east across the sea If your God exists, tell me where is he? On judgment day I wonder if he'll even hear your plea Deep down below the sea