The screams of the possessed Echoed over open sea Darting eyes of desperation Whispered mutiny The captain barked his orders Scanned the heavens for a sign Madness was upon them They were running out of time This merchant ship of the merciless Found itself lost in fog and mist No purse of gold Could turn or stand The ghosting forth To unknown strand The Island, The Island of the Damned The Island, The Island of the Damned A once proud people stolen Taken away from all they know Slave forced into bondage Beasts of burden, bought and sold All Hope lay in tatters Ground into the deck by holy stones Dignity was stripped away Stripped down to the bone This guineaman of misery Creaked forward slow and bitterly Its cargo suffered wretchedness In darkened holds below Among them was a holy man Who serve the Loa with both hands Vengeful spirits would descend To send their captors souls below To The Island, The Island of the Damned To The Island, The Island of the Damned Mysterious, invisible Voodoo can not be held by chains Destructive and unstoppable The evil crept into their brains Charon crossed the river Styx And journeyed to the world of dead The Bokor’s magic took control To take them where No compass lead Cursed by voodoo, gripped in fear The crew dropped to their Knees in prayer If God would only hear them Their salvation be at hand Delivered from the ravages Of these unholy savages Then the barrel man In the crows nest He shouted Land The Island, The Island of the Damned The Island, The Island of the Damned