Lead my Flock of Anguished Thoughts to Lie Inside my Thawing Soul

Give that man a hand, he's found the meaning of his life,
yessir, thank you sir, I owe it all to inner strife;
for so many years I looked no further than my petty ways
until the day the world's confusion led my thoughts astray;
and now I've reached the firm conclusion,
though I don't intend to shock,
but it's a crock