Bad Religion
To Another Abyss
The Empire Strikes First (2004)

Gm7
Not long ago
            C7
And yet the image is so vague
    D5 E♭5          B♭       F
I hesitate to label it a memory

There was a show
Of local color, and I felt astray
'Cause I had nothing to offer but insufficiency

          E♭maj7           F
  And you know that it's a bitch
  When you learn to scratch that itch
  A blatant fallibility
  Sooner to some, but eventually                      \\\

  All gets pointed in the same direction
  While the human masses and their vague conceptions
  Obliterate each other with impunity
          E♭maj7                      D               !
  And you wonder, "What's in this for me?"

                Gm   B♭ F
    To another abyss
           Gm   () B♭ F
    To no avail
        Gm        B♭       F                          fin : ! D5
    The search is bound to fail

    To another abyss
    To no avail
    So long ago, I set sail

           E♭maj7           D7
    And it chills me to the bone
             Cm7     F        (Gm)
    That I'm so far away from home

    Gm      E♭      B♭        F
e --3---3-----3-6-3----------------6-\--
B ----3---3-4-------6-3-3^4^3-----------  x 2  w/ To another abyss
G ----------------------------5---------

So what should I do now?
What should I celebrate
Given finite means and a penchant to depreciate?

How can I still avow
And depend upon a state
That cares nothing for my happiness, welfare, or fate?

  And I know I can't explain
  The commotion in my brain
  Like a terrifying reality
  Deconstructed, but inadequately

  All gets pointed in the same direction
  While the human masses and their vain conceptions
  Obliterate each other with impunity
  And release the weight of history

    Refrain

Gm  E♭  B♭  F  x 12

  w/ To another abyss
     So long ago, so long ago
     Oh, I set sail

     And I'm struggling on the way
     And I'm waiting for the day (to another abyss)
     And I'm looking for the way back home (to another abyss)

     So far away (to another abyss)
     So far away (to another abyss)
     (To another abyss) so far away
     (To another abyss)

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