Guarded

{{More citations needed|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Guarded | cover = disturbed guarded.png | alt = | type = promo | artist = [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] | album = [[Ten Thousand Fists]] | released = {{start date|2005|6|28}} | recorded =  | studio = Groovemaster ([[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]) | genre =  | length = 3:22 | label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] | writer = * [[Dan Donegan]] * [[Mike Wengren]] * [[David Draiman]] | producer = [[Johnny K]] | prev_title = [[Liberate (Disturbed song)|Liberate]] | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = [[Stricken (song)|Stricken]] | next_year = 2005 }}

"'''Guarded'''" is a song by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]. It was released on June 28, 2005, as a promotional single from their third studio album, ''[[Ten Thousand Fists]]'' (2005).<ref name="guardedsingle">{{cite web|title=Disturbed: New single "Stricken" to go for radio adds this month|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=39017|date=July 8, 2005|accessdate=July 9, 2009|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66Yw3h9mT?url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=39017|archivedate=March 31, 2012}}</ref> It was the band's first overall single to feature new bassist [[John Moyer]].

==Lyrical themes== According to vocalist [[David Draiman]], "Guarded" is about how his lifestyle forces him to protect himself emotionally. He said, "It's a song that reflects what choosing this life forces certain people to do in a certain way—you have to remain guarded on a certain level."<ref name="guardedsingle"/>

==Release== "Guarded" was released to radio stations as a promotional single on June 28, 2005. Vocalist David Draiman said, "[The song] was put out there to just whet everybody's appetite. It's one of the more aggressive tracks on the record—just to remind everybody where we came from and who we are. Kind of give back to the core a little bit."<ref name="guardedsingle"/>

==Personnel== * [[David Draiman]] – vocals * [[Dan Donegan]] – guitars * [[John Moyer]] – bass * [[Mike Wengren]] – drums

==Charts== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Chart !Position |- |rowspan="2"|2005 |[[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] |align="center"|7<ref name="singlecharts">{{cite web|title=''Ten Thousand Fists'' US single charts|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=disturbed|chart=all}}|accessdate=July 9, 2009}}</ref> |- |[[Modern Rock Tracks]] |align="center"|28<ref name="singlecharts"/> |}

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[[Category:2005 singles]] [[Category:2005 songs]] [[Category:Disturbed (band) songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Dan Donegan]] [[Category:Songs written by David Draiman]] [[Category:Songs written by Mike Wengren]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Johnny K]] [[Category:Reprise Records singles]]