Same,i read this comment and image's of that popped into my head 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ohhh- I always thought it was one person on the ship jfjdbdkdsn-

No, ships are often referred to as ladies, especially back then. "I set upon the sea to search for phantom sails from tales my mum told me, a ghostly galleon filled with gold, she sails alone, no crew, nor captain's guiding hand can tame the one the sailors call the Shadow." So the singer is embarking on a quest to find a legendary ghost ship called the Shadow, rumoured to be filled with treasure and sail on its own without a crew or captain. When "her rigging comes alive," the rigging is the ropes that control the masts and sails. When "she hung my crew before my eyes," I imagine something similar to when Blackbeard first appeared in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides".