Hanging Around - Intellectual

I walked around alone last night

And tried to look at people like I did back then

I kinda wanted just to hang out

Remind myself what it was all about again

Everything I thought I shattered

And left laying there that didn't matter

Every now and then comes back to my eyes

Moving in a new direction

I know if you're not getting better

You're getting worse

But watching everybody else

It's getting harder to remind myself of what I've learned

Relying on another lame religion

To validate our arrogant traditions

And any day, we're gonna wonder why we've been left behind

This girl came up to me

And said, "I think my teacher used to go to school with you"

And she was right

And if for just a second

I take off these colored glasses

I can see it might just be a waste of time, a waste of time

And I don't know

Every day that passes, it gets easier to walk off

And it seems all right

And every day, another person I used to call my friend

Just disappears from sight

Now I see that I'm alone

Just like I always was from the beginning

And I think maybe that's the reason I'm not hanging around

I see your face

And wonder where you'll be five years from now

And what it really means to you inside

I can't explain the reasons why

I can't sit back and bide my time

It just keeps going on and on and on and on and on

And I don't know