The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul Lyrics - Skylarking - Xtc

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 to 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 [Repeat x6]