'The Prey' is one of my most complicated songs, I think, but it is not at all drawn from truth. It is very metaphorical and talks about the rather obscure topic of jealousy after the birth of a sibling (!) but takes it a step further with the hunter/prey stuff in there.

The Prey

(phone voice, spoken)

Ooh yeah
Look at me
Look at just what
I can be

(kick)

She wakes up crying
In the middle of the night
Tears streaming down her face
Like liquid fire burning

You leave me here
Leave me here all alone
You Say she's more important
Than me and my broken home

Yes, you said I could have what I wanted
You told me I could take it
Like the parent you make
Yourself out to be

Did anyone
Ever think of me

I just hope
You won't let me fade

(filler)

Why do you treat me like
Some sort of plague
You think you will
Make me go away?
Why do you treat me like
Some sort of wild animal
I think you're the hunter
And I am the prey

(filler)

She comes towards me
Red angry fist brandished out
You hit me
Hurt me
Round and round
We go again

I don't see what
I should have to do with it
Just leave me alone, lock the door
Let me be on my own
There is nothing you can admit

What am I to you
Am I some sort of disease
Can't you get it through you
I wanna be myself
I wanna be free

Did anyone ever bother
Did they ever try to remember
Everyone fawning over her
Am I the one you dream
Of being able to dismember

(filler)

Why do you treat me like
Some sort of plague
You think you will
Make me go away?
Why do you treat me like
Some sort of wild animal
I guess you could be the hunter
I might have to be the prey

(filler)

You make me feel so awkward
You make me feel ashamed
You pull me
Tare to back and forward
I'm a pawn in your stupid game

Why don't you grow up
(why don't you grow up...)
Why don't you grow up
(why don't you grow up...)

Don't act like a child
Child scared of the night
Don't be the stupid child
Scared of what lies beneath

I may look younger than you
I may try to look up to you
You think you drive me away
You think you make me run today

(filler)

Why do you treat me like
Some sort of plague
You think you will
Make me go away?
Why do you treat me like
Some sort of wild animal
I know that you are the hunter
I know that I am the prey

(filler)

(solo)

I am the prey
Let me run away
Give me a headstart
Let me heal my heart...

I am the prey
Let me run away
Give me a headstart
Let me heal my heart...

(repeat)

(fade)

(end)