The Man Who Sailed Round His Soul

The man who sailed around his soul
 From East to West, from pole to pole
 With ego as his drunken captain
 Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold
 The man who walked across his heart
 Who took no compass, guide or chart
 To rope and tar his blood congealed
 When he found his self revealed ugly and cold
 And the sirens that sing
 By your nose with its ring
 They'll drag you in
 For your sins
 Now he sits all alone
 And it's no place like home
 It's empty skin
 A bag to keep life's souvenirs in
 The man who sailed around his soul
 The man who sailed around his soul
 The man who sailed around his soul
 Came back again to find a hole
 Where once he thought compassion and the truth
 Had laid to warm his freezing carcass on return
 The man who walked across his heart
 Was doomed to journey from the start
 Of every love affair he'd broken
 All the lies he'd ever spoken
 Tattooed on his arm
 And the jellyfish stings
 Even angels with wings
 Who look too deep
 And dare to peep
 Now he sits all alone
 Knowing flesh blood and bone
 Is everything
 He found the treasure he'd been seeking
 The man who sailed around his soul