The Captive Mind - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Shame to shame when you fell apart

But you woke me up, in a dream and came to say

Please don't forget, just lay in wait

Pain the pain when you played the part

And you took it all up and you turned your back away

Try to forget, and well, okay

Read the words of The Captive Mind

And you tried to leave the past behind

But webs spun slightly, they catch those likely

To come back again, come back again

The same the same that you've always been

When you took it all up, what it took to do you in

And fall under and run away

Blame the blame on a broken heart

When you pack it all up and you make a start again

But call me up on my birthday

Read the words of The Captive Mind

And you tried to leave the past behind

But webs spun slightly, they catch those likely

To come back again, come back again

Gone in a boat

Your drifting soul

The walls you build

The push and pull

Come back again

Well, you love to love, but you couldn't stay

So you gave it all up for the Mandalay Bay

The plastic beach and passing plates

Shame the shame when you fell apart

But you hold me up, and the dreamer came to say

"Please don't forget, just lay and wait"

Read the words of The Captive Mind

And you tried to leave the past behind

But webs spun slightly, they catch those likely

To come back again, please come back again