Does anyone ever think
Think of the vanished, the lost
Whose families despair in an endless torment
Not knowing how or why they had to pay this cost.
How is that someone you love, someone you know
Can vanish within the breath of a second
Drug addict, runaway, homeless say those -
Those only forces that can help, like the police who name felons
Who act like they know them so well
When you know its all lie
You know that they\'re not a drug addict, hell
All the police do is watch as you cry
However, if it was they\'re husband or wife
Who suddenly disappeared
They would do anything to find them alive
Anything to calm their fears
The same fears that you have
The same fears that they push away
When all you want to do is find them and laugh
Instead of waiting months for a phone call, praying everyday
To find your love, your baby still alive
Desperation fills you up, makes you whisper to the stars, \"come find me\"
\"Come back, let me find you alive, cure your strife,
Before you get erased from reality.\"
But as the years wear on
And the unhelpful, hindering police stop looking
That hole in your heart makes you less strong
And the sharp truth starts hooking
They\'re not going to find your love, your baby
They\'re not coming back to you
And that pain, that anger, makes you go crazy
The unbearable, painful, clear truth
It makes you second-guess yourself
Leaves you wondering what else
You could\'ve done
To keep them from going on the run
Then the anger creeps in
As you look back at all the fighting you did
Just for those idiots to help find your love
And finally bring the case to a solve
But that didn\'t happen
And they just tossed your love with the other vanished
The vanished, nothing more but a distant memory
Of disappearing people, and their tragedies
That nobody seems to care about
And who\'s going to stick up for those people?
The broken families, and all the doubt
That ensues when they aren\'t amended equal.
I know I won\'t forget
All the broken souls left in unrest
For the vanished aren\'t truly vanished
Unless you remember them
And all the following anguish.