Song Description

Man loses everything is very sad, then remembers the great spiritual masters say to give up your attachments (illusions) to be free.

Lyrics

All my world is gone
its like my life has blown away
there's a bank owned sign on my front lawn
where my babies used to play

now my 401's a phantom
and my futures lost it's way
'cause the things I made with these two hands
ain't made in the USA

the more I try to understand it
the more I can't believe that I
am the man I saw so long ago
when the future seemed so bright

Chorus 1

but it's
Stripped away, stripped away
now I'm naked in the moment
'cause it stripped away
Stripped away, Stripped away
and I've lost all my illusions
cause they Stripped away

Verse 2

Had a dream last night
In a place I seemed to know
I could see myself beside the man
who could see down in my soul

he was dressed just like a beggar
just a robe and a crown of dreams
and he said the way to happiness is to give up worldly things


Strip away, strip away
'till you're naked in the moment gotta strip away
he said
Strip away, Strip away yay
'till you've lost all your attachments
strip away

Bridge

These things we think we own are false security
the only way to truly live is being free

So I stripped away, stripped away yay
and I'm living in the moment
stripped away
Stripped away, stripped away yay
Now there's freedom in the moment