ONUS PRIME - You Took My Friends Away

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You Took My Friends Away
by
ONUS PRIME
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You big clumsy music industry,
What have you done?
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Vocals: Alice Exodus / Brandon Dark / Eve Omega / Kurt Kurgmann / Sadie Storm

Songwriters: James A. Randal / Alice Exodus


We were half a block from school
Laughing with our mouths full
Your shoe was untied again
Mine had mud on the heel

Then the door came open fast
Names got called like breaking glass
I reached out, you were still there
Then you weren’t, in the air

No warning
No hand on my shoulder
No chance to say
Wait, take me with them

You took my friends away (away)
You took my friends away (away)
No say in the matter
No say in the matter

You took my friends away (away)
You took my friends away (away)
I was still right there
Still right there

Their lunchbox by the sink
Their note still in my jeans
The hallway kept on moving
Like it didn’t know me

I kept one seat for you
Kept your laugh in the room
But the clock kept ticking loud
And the space just stayed there too

No warning
No hand on my shoulder
No chance to say
Wait, take me with them

You took my friends away (away)
You took my friends away (away)
No say in the matter
No say in the matter

You took my friends away (away)
You took my friends away (away)
I was still right there
Still right there

I keep replaying that day
Like I could change the frame
Like one more second
Could’ve said your names

But the world was already gone
Before I even knew
And I hate that helpless feeling
Still stuck inside me, too

You took my friends away (away)
You took my friends away (away)
No say in the matter
No say in the matter

You took my friends away (away)
You took my friends away (away)
I was still right there
Still right there

You took my friends away (away)
You took my friends away (away)
And I’m still calling
I’m still calling


The Exodusian 2026