As woke up in a nightmare
 
 I can't stop this noise
 
 And the fear it is leaking 
 
 With the poison of joy
 
 Reaping hell with my system
 
 The memory of the high it stays
 
 Will I remember this tomorrow
 
 As my mind fades to grey? 
 
  
  Now you know I spent my life 
 
 Always searching for the blame
 
 It isn't easy 
 
 I'm a prisoner of shame
 
 I never show my face 
 
 And I never state my name
 
 I'm so restrained
 
 I'm a prisoner of shame
  
 
 Now I guess I got a witness 
 
 Cause I wrote all the guilty lines 
 
 So the god of clean has shot me
 
 Lost my name and said he must decline
 
 All I need is just a little so I can ease the pain
 
 Ain't no number for my sorrow it will only drive me insane
  
 
 Now you know I spent my life 
 
 Always searching for the blame
 
 It isn't easy 
 
 I'm a prisoner of shame
 
 I never show my face 
 
 And I never state my name
 
 I'm so restrained
 
 I'm a prisoner of shame
 
 I'm a prisoner, a prisoner of shame
  
 
 As I woke from the nightmare
 
 I could feel the release in me
 
 And the gods have chosen, to declare
 
 Now they say I've been wasting my life
 
 And those were the words that would cut like a knife.