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Well the sea was raging and the wind was high

We were so far from land

The captain screamed as the mast gave way

The ship was going down

The ship was going down

Well heave away as the darkness came

And claimed our sense of sight

We splash and spray and claw our way

And hope we last the night

And hope we last the night

I awoke with a face of nails

And the light was blinding knives

Stretched out on a bridge of sand

And not a tree in sight

And not a tree in sight

Well I peered away out through the haze

And spied a bird in flight

I cried to that shimmery bird

Save me from my plight

Save me from my plight

Well it landed right before me

I couldn't believe my eyes

"What will you give me

For me to save your life?

For me to save your life?"

Well I offered it my jewelry

I offered it my gold

I have three children

I offered up their souls

I offered up their souls

"What need have I for riches?

They are not for the wise

I do not want your children

I only want your eyes

I want to eat your eyes"

Oh do not take my eyes

Without them I cannot see

I would stumble in the darkness

I would fall into the sea

I would fall into the sea

"Oh I see perhaps you are right

Your point I can understand

But you only need just one

And I will take you to the land

I will take you to the land"

God no! I screamed in terror

As it flew in to take my eye

Pecking at my face

And the darkness took my mind

The darkness took my mind

...

When I returned to consciousness

With a gaping hole in my face

I spied that cursed bird

It said you'll never leave this place

You'll never leave this place

Well I chased the bird in a fit of rage

I hated being cheated so

It mocked me constantly

I couldn't let it go

I couldn't let it go

As the sun came up I was surprised to find

Myself by a riverbank

Surrounded by a grove of trees

And that's how I lost my eye

That's how I lost my eye