Escape The Clouds - The Adventurer lyrics

This mysterious world is my clever temptress, Rife with dark places and arcane wonders Into her arms I am drawn by a beauty unmatched And the challenge of her seductive, mortal dangers I've climbed Kilimanjaro with my clockwork boots Looked down on Malaysia from my hydrogen sloop My blood, it hungers for the unknown's call I will never rest until I've experienced it all The city is a prison for damned spirits and minds I thrive in the wilds of the Earth's unexplored corners No theory, no idea shall remain untried So long as there's steam within my iron boilers I've learned bushido from a one-armed samurai Survived a hurricane by sheltering in its eye My blood, it hungers for the unknown's call I will never rest until I've experienced it all The journey is never done as long as I can dream Even when I'm too old to rise to my feet When my rifle's empty and my goggles lie broken My dirigible's deflated, and my last report spoken When my horizon's gone dark and my flesh has grown cold Into my mistress' arms I'll deliver my soul I've dodged the cannons of the Sultan's troops Sailed the Amazon with a mercenary crew Paid my respects to Shiva at Mount Kailash Walked with the buffalo in a Sioux spirit trance Now I watch the northern lights dance across the sky And wonder where I'll stand come the sunrise I hear nothing but the unmistakable call The adventurer never rests until he's lived it all