A Monster Calls

歌詞

It's keeping me awake I haven't closed my eyes for days Memories of enemies dressed as friends. What a curse this tongue of mine … cutting my teeth, carving out the lines between the truth and lies while I'm counting heads And my hero's redemption comes at the expense of my right to play the victim Am I ready to let that go? It's defeatist; a weakness in me With no ground left beneath my feet… Take from me whatever I don't need I'll slam myself against this wall until I can't stand up Don't look back until the cracks appear Shed this worthless skin and let the monster win With nothing to lose maybe I'll find the truth in the dark What hell is this? What are these shackles on my wrists? Why am I chained to representations of a man who doesn't exist? You give what you get You live with regret if all that you're “giving” is “up” in the end I can't take the shame anymore There's no-one to blame for… (keeping my head above the water is not enough) ...the state that I'm in (the fear will not keep me from the surface) Take from me whatever I don't need I'll slam myself against this wall until I can't stand up Don't look back until the cracks appear Shed this worthless skin and let the monster win With nothing to lose maybe I'll find the truth in the dark And so when all else fails...I can be someone else And all has failed...so I'll be someone else With so much to give, I will not give in and swallow the cost. If they doubt then let them. Forgive and forget them. Pick up the cross… Take from me whatever I don't need I'll slam myself against this wall until I can't stand up Don't look back until the cracks appear Shed this worthless skin and let the monster win With nothing to lose maybe I'll find the truth in the dark