“Revenge” is about domestic abuse, an even worse personal hell than is described in “Broken Home.” It goes through the pain, denial, and mental problems this causes, as well as why the female protagonist of the song can’t leave her man. Then, #PlotTwist, it talks about her murdering him; in this way...
[Intro]
Remember the girl
Abused with forks, knives and razorblades
Remember the girl
Abused with forks, knives and razorblades
[Verse 1]
She finally left him, she had enough of her man's rage
Band-aids cover her scars, she left him bloodied
Beat his ass with a bat, face sunk like Silly Putty
You all can sit back so I can study
Destruction of the family design
And how the morals of society decline
Essentially is beats to rhymes like grapes to wine
[Chorus]
It's alright, we're in love
Can't live with or without
[Verse 2]
You see she can't live with him and can't live without him
Stress got her down, she needs to deal with her problems
While the drama gets deeper, I put on the reefer
She took the last step and sent his ass to the reaper
Chaos, is what she saw in the mirror
Scared of herself and the power that was in her
It took over and weighed heavily on her shoulders
Militant insanity is now what controlled her
[Chorus]
It's alright, we're in love
Can't live with or without
It's alright, we're in love
Can't live with or without
[Post-Chorus]
We're in love
We're in love
[Verse 3]
Kill it, before it reaches you
Missiles won't it's approaching the mainland
What if it reaches the metropolitan areas, cosmopolitan areas
Secure the lines and prepare for departure, calm, calm, calm
It is a, a big business and seems to be advancing underground
Because my style is underground, I'm green with my red eyes mad tint
Flee, fly, flow, rapido rapido
She feeds plentiful, electrifying the nation, electrifying the nation
[Verse 4]
Don't you see that we are in danger
How will we stop it?
She is attacking
Don't you see that we are in danger
How will we stop it?
She is attacking
Shocka, danger danger
Shocka, danger danger
Shocka, danger danger
Shocka, danger danger
[Bridge]
Running out, we're running out
(Running out of time)
Running out, we're running out
(Running out of time)
Running out, we're running out
(Running out of time)
Running out, we're running out
[Chorus]
It's alright, we're in love
Can't live with or without
Revenge was written by Tobin Esperance & Jerry Horton & Jacoby Shaddix & Dave Buckner.
Revenge was produced by Jay Baumgardner.
Papa Roach released Revenge on Tue Apr 25 2000.