Why Should I Cry For You? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Bodester 

Cover art for Why Should I Cry For You? lyrics by Sting

Not my favorite, musically, but the song and music are still touching. I wonder what it means?

My first thought is that it's about a man who's sort of "exiled" himself to work on a fishing boat in the North Atlantic. Or maybe about the Flying Dutchman. Or maybe about Truth. It seems that he's left some loved one behind.