The Man Who Sailed Around 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