The Abyss
It’s an abyss
I get lost in this
When I stare into your eyes
I just can’t resist
A memory wakes inside
But I feel dismissed
Like it never occurred
I don’t even exist
It’s hard to imagine
That life, and yet
If we hadn’t met
Nights I’ll never forget
There’s something about you
Like Russian Roulette
Never know if it’s your love
Or the bullet I get
CHORUS:
How
Do I
Move on
Move on
I’m getting older
And behold, I’m getting bolder
No time to waste
So I cried on your shoulder
I told you that I loved you
But now you’re getting colder
And in spite of the ice
My mind begins to smoulder
That day has passed
And I’m the outcast
My eyes are hollow
Glassed and downcast
Guess I knew all along
That I’d be surpassed
I’ve been riding coach
But baby, you’re first class
CHORUS
You told me you’d do
Anything it takes
Whatever it is
Whatever it breaks
To prove your “friendship”
And that’s the heartbreak
Because to me it means more
And maybe that’s a mistake
But I can’t forsake
The void I feel in your wake
It’s unfair I give more than I take
And so I break
You know I’m hungry, darling
You give me a taste
And still I’m starving
CHORUS
I seek to understand
What’s behind those eyes
Is there something I can trust
Beneath the disguise
The face that you wear
To protect contrives
To steal away my heart
Sure as the sunrise
What is it
That you want from me
I felt sure of everything
But now I see
That making you happy
Is sure to be
Impossible
Like fighting the sea
CHORUS
From time to time
I’ve been known to wallow
I get caught up in it
And my heart feels hollow
I tell you true,
No man is Apollo
Can’t hold up the world
It’s more than pride
That I swallow
It’s this need to belong
It’s the pain I knew
That isn’t yours to take
It’s mine to break through
I made the same mistake
There’s nothing I could do
I reached into the abyss
Thought I could save you
I get lost in this
When I stare into your eyes
I just can’t resist
A memory wakes inside
But I feel dismissed
Like it never occurred
I don’t even exist
It’s hard to imagine
That life, and yet
If we hadn’t met
Nights I’ll never forget
There’s something about you
Like Russian Roulette
Never know if it’s your love
Or the bullet I get
CHORUS:
How
Do I
Move on
Move on
I’m getting older
And behold, I’m getting bolder
No time to waste
So I cried on your shoulder
I told you that I loved you
But now you’re getting colder
And in spite of the ice
My mind begins to smoulder
That day has passed
And I’m the outcast
My eyes are hollow
Glassed and downcast
Guess I knew all along
That I’d be surpassed
I’ve been riding coach
But baby, you’re first class
CHORUS
You told me you’d do
Anything it takes
Whatever it is
Whatever it breaks
To prove your “friendship”
And that’s the heartbreak
Because to me it means more
And maybe that’s a mistake
But I can’t forsake
The void I feel in your wake
It’s unfair I give more than I take
And so I break
You know I’m hungry, darling
You give me a taste
And still I’m starving
CHORUS
I seek to understand
What’s behind those eyes
Is there something I can trust
Beneath the disguise
The face that you wear
To protect contrives
To steal away my heart
Sure as the sunrise
What is it
That you want from me
I felt sure of everything
But now I see
That making you happy
Is sure to be
Impossible
Like fighting the sea
CHORUS
From time to time
I’ve been known to wallow
I get caught up in it
And my heart feels hollow
I tell you true,
No man is Apollo
Can’t hold up the world
It’s more than pride
That I swallow
It’s this need to belong
It’s the pain I knew
That isn’t yours to take
It’s mine to break through
I made the same mistake
There’s nothing I could do
I reached into the abyss
Thought I could save you