Lyrics Sympathy for the Abyss - Sparks, Adam Driver

Sympathy for the Abyss

I hope they will ring true
They’re not some magic chimes
To cover up my crimes
Annette, of this I’m sure
Imaginations strong
And reason’s song is weak and thin
We don’t have long
I stood upon a cliff
A deep abyss below
Compelled to look I tried
To fight it off, God knows I tried
This horrid urge to look below
But half-horrified and half relieved
I cast my eyes toward the abyss
The dark abyss
I heard a ringing in my ears
I knew death knell’s ugly sound
The overbearing urge to gaze
Into the deep abyss, the haze
So strong the yearning for the fall
Imagination’s strong
And reason’s song
Is weak and thin, we don’t have long
I will never sing again
I will never sing again
Slashing every life I see
I will never sing again
Living in full darkness
I will never sing again
A vampire forever
Annette!
No. No. Annette
I sang these words to you (Can I forgive what you have done?)
I hope that they’ll ring true (And will I ever forgive mom?)
Imagination is so strong (Idyllic poison I became)
And reason’s song is never strong (Merely a child to exploit)
Imagination is so strong (Forgive you both)
And reason’s song (Forget you both)
Is faint and shrill (To take that oath)
I stood above it (To take that oath)
The deep abyss
What is forgiveness
The (The solid urge to look below)
When all has gone so far astray (God knows I tried to fight it off)
poison heart (and have relief)
And from my soul (And cast my eyes)
I can be sure (Down the abyss)
Forgive the two of you or not
I take this oath (Sympathy for the dark abyss)
Forgive you both
I take this oath (Sympathy for the dark abyss)
Forgive you both or forget you both (Don't cast your eyes)
I must be strong (Down the abyss)
I must be strong
Goodbye, Annette
Goodbye, Annette
Goodbye, Annette
Goodbye, Annette
Goodbye