I must have left my soul cracked open
like a door. . . 
in the night. . .
Seizing the opportunity 
while i lay there sleeping 
all the beggars and thieves walked in 
and they stole 
all i stored inside 
I woke to find 
a shell of a man 
and all i had once believed . . .
Stripped away . . .
Stripped away 
Well i sat at Satan's table 
and I drank the wine 
in a feast of revelry 
Till my eyes were red and swollen 
and my soul was so held with stains 
that just won't come clean 
and i tell myself 
that i am in youth 
What all i could achieve
Stripped away . . .
Stripped away 
Well i stared at my own reflection 
But i know that those eyes can't be me 
My sprit floats in desperation
on dreams like I've never seen 
So i reach for you 
and draw you near 
and pray that you won't be. . .
Stripped away 
Stripped away