The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul (Remastered 2001)
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
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
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 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
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
Credits
Writer(s): Andy Partridge
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- The Meeting Place (Remastered 2001)
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- 1000 Umbrellas (Remastered 2001)
- Season Cycle (Remastered 2001)
- Earn Enough For Us (Remastered 2001)
- Big Day (Remastered 2001)
- Another Satellite (Remastered 2001)
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