Guys, tie me to the mainmast

Ulysses and the Sirens
is a 1909 oil painting by Herbert James Draper.

Odysseus spent that part of the journey tied to the main mast, enabling him to hear the beautiful song by mermaids  for himself. 

When he heard their song, he begged his men to release him, but they bound him tighter until they had sailed past their island.

Every man has.