[INTRO — THE STORM AWAKENS] [Sound Effect: BOOMING THUNDERCLAP] [Sound Effect: Howling gale-force wind, crashing rogue waves, roaring ocean swells] [Sound Effect: Creaking oak timbers, groaning ship hull, strained rigging cables] [Sound Effect: Rattling iron chains] [Music: Low orchestral strings tremble beneath a distant pipe-organ chord] NARRATOR / GHOSTLY VOICE: Out of the darkness... Across the blackened sea... She rises! The ship that never sleeps! The ship that never dies! THE FLYING DUTCHMAN! [Sound Effect: Spectral bell tolling — BOOOONG!] [Music: Sudden silence] [Whispering voices:] Dutchman... Dutchman... Dutchman... [Sound Effect: Lightning strike] [Music: Four-on-the-floor disco kick suddenly enters] BASS: DUM... DUM-DUM... DUM... DUM-DUM... [Wah-wah guitar begins] [Disco strings sweep upward] ALL: ARRRRRRE YOU READY?! ________________________________________ [VERSE 1 — THE DEAD COME ALIVE] [Atmosphere: Heavy storm ambiance] The deck is slick, the night is dark, The rigging screams against the gale, The ghostly lanterns flicker green, While dead men dance beneath the sail! [Sound Effect: Snapping canvas sails] [Sound Effect: Heavy rain lashing the deck] Creaking oak beneath our feet, Iron chains begin to shake, The groaning hull starts keeping time— Every wave becomes the beat! [Drums: Kick drum grows louder] From the mist a shadow crawls, Barnacles upon his face, A crab-claw sailor bangs the rail, And starts a funky little chase! [Sound Effect: Crab claws CLICK-CLICK-CLICK] ________________________________________ [PRE-CHORUS — THE SHIP STARTS GROOVING] [Music: Strings accelerate; brass stabs answer the bass] The thunder's getting louder! The ocean's getting wild! The dead are getting funky! And nobody's reconciled! [Ghostly Choir:] DANCE! DANCE! DANCE UPON THE DECK! [Sound Effect: Thunder explosion] [Music: FULL DISCO DROP] ________________________________________ [CHORUS — THE PIRATE PARTY] LEAD: Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho! We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot. Yo ho, yo ho, a bottle of rum for me. ALL CREW: HEY! LEAD: A bottle of rum! ALL: HEY! LEAD: A bottle of rum! ALL: HEY! LEAD: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN'S DISCO BOAT! [Music: Explosive brass + strings + bass + handclaps] ALL: ROCK THE DECK! SHAKE THE BOAT! LET THE DEAD MEN FLOAT! ________________________________________ [VERSE 2 — THE FLYING DUTCHMAN DISCO CREW] [Music: Funk bass takes center stage] There's a hammerhead by the mast, Doing the Shark Attack, A lobster's sliding sideways, Trying to get his groove back! [Sound Effect: Crab claws snapping rhythmically] The anglerfish is glowing, Like a disco ball below, The octopus has eight arms— So he's got eight ways to go! [Music: Eight quick percussion hits] One arm for the bass! One arm for the beat! One arm for the rhythm! And five more for his feet! [ALL LAUGH] A barnacle-covered pirate Starts scratching on the rail, The ghostly ray comes floating by, And disappears beneath the sail! [Sound Effect: Eerie underwater whoosh] ________________________________________ [PRE-CHORUS 2 — DANCE OF THE DAMNED] [Music: Macabre orchestral cabaret interlude] The violins are screaming! The trombones start to roar! The organ's going crazy! And somebody's on the floor! [Sound Effect: Wooden deck THUMP] GHOSTLY CHOIR: Who's got the rhythm? CREW: WE DO! Who's got the rum? CREW: WE DO! Who's got eight tentacles? CREW: WE DO! Who's got a ship that never dies? CREW: THE DUTCHMAN! [Sound Effect: Massive thunderclap] ________________________________________ [CHORUS — BIGGER] ALL: Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho! We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot. Yo ho, yo ho, a bottle of rum for me. LEAD: ROCK THE DECK! CREW: ROCK THE DECK! LEAD: SHAKE THE BOAT! CREW: SHAKE THE BOAT! ALL: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN PARTY DISCO BOAT! ________________________________________ [BRIDGE — THE CURSE OF THE DUTCHMAN] [Music suddenly falls into a dark orchestral waltz] [Sound Effect: Wind dies away] [Sound Effect: Spectral bell tolling] DAVY JONES-LIKE DEEP VOICE: Once we sailed beneath the moon... Bound forever to the tide... But tonight the curse is changing... Tonight we dance instead of hide! [Music: Haunted organ] The ocean took our bodies... The darkness took our souls... But give a pirate rhythm... And watch the dead lose control! [Ghostly whispers:] Dance... dance... dance... [Music: Strings begin accelerating] LEAD: Can you hear the hull? CREW: CREAK! CREAK! Can you hear the chains? CREW: CLANK! CLANK! Can you hear the thunder? CREW: BOOM! BOOM! Can you hear the ocean? CREW: ROAR! ROAR! LEAD: Then somebody... TURN UP THE BASS! ________________________________________ [INSTRUMENTAL DISCO BREAK] [Music: Extended funky bass solo] [Wah-wah guitar] [Disco strings] [Brass punches] [Handclaps] [Ship bell used as rhythmic percussion] [Sound Effect: Creaking timber synchroni
