To Another Abyss Lyrics

Lyric discussion by intrigued.punk 

Cover art for To Another Abyss lyrics by Bad Religion

"> There was a show of local color and I failed to stray

Cause I had nothing to offer but insufficiency"

I could be wrong, but I think the first one means that his country fooled him with the colourful lies and pulled him in so that he didn't realise what he was being told were lies.

The second one means that his support and effort alone is not enough to turn things around for the better- it takes more than one person.