To Another Abyss
Bad Religion Lyrics

Not long ago, and yet the image is so vague
The past seems like a blur, hard to categorize it as a memory

I hesitate to label it a memory
It's hard to define what happened back then

There was a show of local color and I failed to stray
An event where everyone was participating, but I couldn't find my place

Cause I had nothing to offer but insufficiency
I felt inadequate and useless in my contribution

And you know that it's such a bitch
It's really tough and frustrating

When you learn to scratch that itch
To try and satisfy a longing or desire

A blatant fallibility
A clear error or weakness

Sooner to some, but eventually
People might realize their mistakes and shortcomings at different times, but eventually they do

All kids pointed in the same direction
Everyone is following the same path

While the human masses and their vain conceptions
People with their irrelevant ideas and beliefs

Obliterate each other with impunity
People are destroying each other without repercussion

And you wonder, "what's in this for me?"
Questioning what personal benefit is there in going along with it

[Chorus] To another abyss To no avail The search is bound to fail To another abyss To no avail So long ago I set sail And it chills me to the bone That I'm so far away from home To another abyss
Going from one failure to another with no success, feeling distant from comfort and safety

So what should I do now? What should I celebrate?
Questioning what to do next and what to be happy about

Given finite means and a penchant to depreciate
With limited resources and a tendency to decrease the value of things

How can I still avow and depend upon a state
How to continue to affirm and rely on a system or institution

That cares nothing for my happiness, welfare, or fate?
A system that doesn't prioritize my well-being and future

And I know I can't explain
It's impossible to describe

The commotion in my brain
The chaos in my mind

Like a terrifying reality
Like a startling truth

Deconstructed but inadequately
Broken down but not fully understood

All gets pointed in the same direction
Everyone is still following the same path

While the human masses and their vain conceptions
People and their irrelevant beliefs

Obliterate each other with impunity
Destroying each other without repercussion

And release the weight of history
And let go of the burden of past events

[Chorus]
Same as above

So long ago, so long agoâ?¦oh, I set sail
A long time ago, I started a journey

And I'm struggling on the way
I'm still having a hard time on that path

And I'm waiting for the day (to another abyss)
Waiting for something new to happen

And I'm looking for the way back home (to another abyss)
Trying to find a way back to comfort and safety

So far away (to another abyss)
Still very distant and far from achieving that goal

So far away (to another abyss)
Same as above

(to another abyss) So far away
Still not there yet

(to another abyss)
Same as above