Abandon, abandoned, or abandonment may refer to:
Abandon is an American Christian rock band from San Antonio, Texas. The group had five members: brothers Josh (lead vocals) and Justin Engler (guitar), cousins Stevan (guitar) and Dave Vela (drums), and Bryan Fowler (bass). They signed onto ForeFront Records in late 2007 and released the Abandon EP in July 2008. Their first single "Providence" was released to radios in August and has reached No. 7 on R&R's Christian rock charts.
The group's name was inspired by the Bible verse of Matthew 10:38, which reads "And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me."
The group of two brothers, two cousins, and friend (and former bassist) Ryan Reavis, formed as an independent band in the 2002, playing worship music at their church. In 2005 they began to play local concerts and released their first album Ambush, which was produced by the band and Tavis Wilson. Soon after the release of their second album, Who You Are (produced by Kevin Bruchert), Reavis chose to leave the band. Not long afterwards, Bruchert introduced the band to Bryan Fowler after they played at his church. Soon after, Fowler joined the band.
Abandon is a 2002 American psychological thriller film released by Paramount Pictures. It was written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously. Despite being set at an American university, much of the movie was filmed in Canada at McGill University's McConnell Hall.
It is based on the book Adams Fall by Sean Desmond. The book was re-titledAbandon for the movie tie-in paperback printing.
The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel and Gabrielle Union, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance. It received generally negative reviews, with Variety magazine dismissing it as "a tricked-up Fatal Attraction wannabe".
Senior college student Katie Burke (Holmes) is struggling to deal with the stress of completing her thesis and succeeding in an upcoming rigorous interview process. To make matters even more complicated, Detective Wade Handler (Bratt), a recovering alcoholic, reopens the two-year-old police investigation into the disappearance of her boyfriend, Embry Larkin (Hunnam). An orphaned young man of considerable means, Embry had purchased two tickets for Crete before his disappearance; the tickets had never been used and Embry's financial assets had not been touched since his disappearance. With the official reopening of the Larkin case, however, Katie begins to see Embry lurking around campus, seemingly stalking her.
Hey hey! Hey hey!
A man stands alone arms across his chest,
his heart pounding through his bones.
Denial wasn't supposed to be this way.
His passion fell to the ground
but beauty couldn't be found another way, another way.
Well only his answer would tell the story.
Three times were all he had to say yes
say yes say yea yea yea
but denial seemed so beautiful
three times were all he had to say yes
say yes say yea yea yea
but providence took its hold
Hey hey!
Tears drown his eyes, a puddle of shame at his feet
as the reflection of guilt overwhelms a broken man.
Dissent was all he had and he needed a reason to believe
this doesn't happen to only me.
Well only his answer would tell the story.
(Wake up and see we're all the same!)
Three times were all he had to say yes
say yes say yea yea yea
but denial seemed so beautiful
(Seemed (Seemed) So (So) Beautiful)
three times were all he had to say yes
say yes say yea yea yea
but providence(Providence!)took its hold
An electric pulse you can't escape
A force that rules the human race
Hold the hand of Providence
An electric pulse you can't escape
A force that rules the human race
Tonight the stars tell no fortunes, they tell no fortunes
Well only his answer would tell the story.
Three times were all he had to say yes
say yes say yea yea yea
but denial seemed so beautiful
Three times were all he had to say yes
say yes say yea yea yea
but providence took its hold
Took took took!
Took it's hold. Hey!