Down on the seabed

crushed by the wave

twisted for money

born I a slave

devil on my back

underneath my skin

laugh at affliction

knock but don't you fall in

fever in my hands



And for the first time

in my small world

I have touched on greater meaning

and for the first time

in my small world

I have given myself to learning



There was a freedom

hard to define

vain and outspoken

like no friend of mine

devil on my back

underneath my skin

laugh at affliction

knock but don't you fall in

fever in my hands



And for the first time

in my small world

I have touched on greater meaning

and for the first time

in my small world

I have given myself to learning



Sail on me sailor

from London to Cairo

drugged up like fisherman

and cast of our halo

devil on my back

underneath my skin

laugh at affliction

knock but don't you fall in

fever in my hands