Gm                        C
Not long ago, and yet the image is so vague 
D     Eb            Bb        F
I hesitate to label it a memory
Gm                        C
There was a show of local color and I felt astray
D           Eb           Bb            F
Cause I had nothing to offer but insufficiency 
 
Eb                       F
And you know that it's a bitch
         Eb                    F
When you learn to scratch that itch 
   Eb               F
Of blatant fallibility
          Eb                F
Sooner to some, but eventually
         Eb                  F
All gets pointed in the same direction 
                Eb                     F
While the human masses and their vague conceptions
                Eb                F
Obliterate each other with impunity
        Eb                 F        D
And you wonder, "What's in this for me?" 
 
               Gm  Bb  F
To another abyss 
          Gm  Bb  F
To no avail 
    Gm        Bb       F
The search is bound to fail 
D              Gm  Bb  F
To another abyss 
          Gm  Bb  F
To no avail 
   Gm     Bb      F
So long ago I set sail
       Eb               D
And it chills me to the bone
         C        F         Gm  Eb  Bb  F
That I'm so far away from home 
                Gm  Eb  Bb  F
To another abyss 
 
[Post Chorus] 2x 
 
E|-6b------------66-55-------------------|
B|-----8---8---6-------66--8-------------|
G|-------7---7---------------7--7h8p7-5--|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
   Gm                    C
So what should I do now? What should I celebrate? 
D      Eb                Bb            F
Given finite means and a penchant to depreciate
    Gm                   C
How can I still avow and depend upon a state 
D          Eb             Bb              F
That cares nothing for my happiness, welfare, or fate? 
 
      Eb              F
And I know I can't explain
      Eb            F
The commotion in my brain
       Eb          F
Like a terrifying reality
       Eb                   F
Deconstructed but inadequately
         Eb                  F
All gets pointed in the same direction 
                Eb                     F
While the human masses and their vague conceptions
                Eb                F
Obliterate each other with impunity
      Eb        F               D
and release the weight of history
 
               Gm  Bb  F
To another abyss 
          Gm  Bb  F
To no avail 
    Gm        Bb       F
The search is bound to fail 
D              Gm  Bb  F
To another abyss 
          Gm  Bb  F
To no avail 
   Gm     Bb      F
So long ago I set sail
       Eb               D
And it chills me to the bone
         C        F         Gm  Eb  Bb  F
That I'm so far away from home 
                Gm  Eb  Bb  F
To another abyss 
   Gm     Eb    Bb     F  Gm  Eb
So long ago, so long ago
          Bb    F  Gm  Eb  Bb  F
Oh, I set sail
        Gm                Eb
And I'm struggling on the way
        Bb              F
And I'm waiting for the day (to another abyss)
        Gm              Eb          Bb                 F  G  Eb
And I'm looking for the way back home (to another abyss) 
   Bb      F
So far away (to another abyss)
   Bb      F                  Gm  Eb  Bb  F
So far away (to another abyss) 
                  Gm  Eb
(to another abyss) 
   Bb     F
So far away
                  Gm  Eb  Bb  F   End on: Gm
(to another abyss)