Abducted Then Avenge
by Phan Driden
Lyrics
Verse 1
Cold light
Through the bedroom wall
Boot prints
Down the upstairs hall
White masks
On a static screen
Steel hands
Pull the soul from me
Needles
Tracing maps in my veins
Broken
Like an insect in chains
I came back
But I never came home
Wrong face
In a skin I don’t own
Chorus
They took my life
And left me breathing
Stole my nights
And called it meaning
I lost my name
Inside their hive
They wrote my fate
But I survived
You dragged me off your starless edge
Now watch me rise
Abducted, then avenge
Verse 2
Flashbacks
Burn in ultraviolet
Code words
Buzzing in the quiet
Sleepwalk
Through another exam
Scars glow
Like a barcode brand
Friends talk
Like I’m losing my head
“Calm down”
While I relive the dread
I see ships
In the bathroom glass
Hear clicks
Every time I laugh
Chorus
They took my life
And left me breathing
Stole my nights
And called it meaning
I lost my name
Inside their hive
They wrote my fate
But I survived
You dragged me off your starless edge
Now watch me rise
Abducted, then avenge
Bridge
Beat drops to halftime, low growl vocal
You carved your charts in my bones (my bones)
Turned my whole town into clones (hey!)
You made my nightmares your throne
Now I’m bringing hell to your home
Band slams back in full
I hacked the mark that you burned in my spine
Turned your tether into a landmine
Followed that signal back through the dark
Found your cradle, set it on fire
No more begging
I’m the siren now (now)
Your own beacon
Brings you crashing down (down)
I was your subject
Now I’m your end
Test this specimen
One last time again (yeah!)
Chorus
You took my life
And left me breathing
Stole my nights
And called it meaning
I lost my name
Inside your hive
You wrote my fate
But I survived
I tore apart your sacred nest
Watched your sky
Collapse in red
You made me prey
I broke your edge
I get the last
Abducted, then avenge