I take it you shut your gate
Don't have nothing to do with anyone anymore
You put aside your worldly affairs
To arouse only yourself forevermore
It's not worth so much hassle
To follow the lines that they define
Oh it's not worth the aggravation
To always see deception in their design
Well, the book that you wrote it sounded familiar
From the start, dim and dull
You betrayed your cultivation with a mind too tempted
You mistook the moment as meaningless
Abject failure for a lull
Instant enlightenment can look like genius
It's always cheap and plentiful
So don't go around feeling inferior
Thinking you're less of a man
People's wisdom is meager
And they're always eager to tell you they don't give a damn
For all you knew you had nothing to prove
Just a move and a groove and a new feeling
Oh, experience teaches the heart and
It preaches from the start of a mind that's
Your soul is slow from the things you know
But these people all just think your sleazy
If you don't still your thoughts
You will always be confused
So far ahead falling behind
Torn and faded, rare and used
If you could simply laugh and leave
Then I'd say hey baby, just walk away
See it in your rearview mirror
And never think about what if you'd have stayed
So don't go around feeling inferior
Thinking you're less of a man
People's wisdom is meager
And they're always eager to tell you they don't give a damn
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