A Fleeting Glance - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Up until recently I've been alone

Leading a tranquil life but never at home

Something had changed and I turned to the wind

That blew through me and told me, "How long? How long?"

Silenced the voice of my heart now for years

I was perplexed by a fleeting blank stare

Biding my time until courage had built up inside me

Then came clean, "Or am I wrong"

I spend all my nights contemplating my will

For the weak shall inherit the earth when it's still

A government bid for my life

I was sold as a cog in a machine, "I walk the line"

A fleeting glance again tells me everything

Took a chance in vain, drawn to a futile idea

A pursuit of happiness as the storm rolls in

An idol of helplessness, paved the way and then gave in

I met with my mother and I asked her why

For ten years so more she would never reply

Suddenly she said we're all born to die

Gave me purpose, freed me, "How simple it can be"

But it's fading away from my mind

There's another "me" waiting behind

But it's fading away from my mind

There's another "me" waiting behind