"The Abandoning" is the second single from heavy metal band Love and Death from their debut studio album Between Here & Lost.

[2] The song emulates themes revolving around dedication to Christ, a confrontation with previous wrongdoings and contrition as well as a new confidence in the future.

The two people in white suits are then seen holding ropes about Brian Welch's neck with long posts while he sings.

One of the women is seen on an exam table with an oxygen mask over her mouth, while the other woman is seated on a chair with her hands tied behind it with rope and her legs constrained together.

[1] Kevin Wierzbicki of antimusic describes the song as featuring "lots of the woozy guitar grind he helped popularize and a radio-ready vocal hook to boot"[4]