C G
I’ve always been afraid of monsters
Am F
So you’d look under my bed
C G
But I don’t think you can help me now
Am F Fm
Because they all live in my head
[Pre-chorus]
C
Cause I’ve tried everything to be okay
G
Yeah I have done it all
Am
And I wish you could still keep me safe
F Fm
From my own downfall
C
Cause soon enough I’ll mess it up
G
Just like everything else
Am
And the scariest of monsters
F Fm
Is the one I call myself
[Chorus]
C
It’s getting late
G
You should go home
Am F
But secretly I wish you don’t leave me alone
C
It’s getting dark
G
And you can’t stay
Am F
Cause if you get to know me I’ll push you away
Fm
And then I’ll hurt for it
C G Am
Even though it wasn’t me it was the monsters
F
So stay away
Fm
From me
C
Cause I’m the monster
[Verse 2]
C G
I’ve tried living life in the shadows
Am F
So they’d all leave me alone
C G
But the only thing it’s taught me
Am F Fm
Is they’ll follow wherever I go
[Pre-chorus]
C
Cause I’ve tried everything to be okay
G
Yeah I have done it all
Am
And when things start going my way
F Fm
I lose all control
C
Cause we both know I’m way too strong
G
to ever ask for help
Am
But somehow I’m not strong enough
F Fm
to ever save myself
[Chorus]
C
It’s getting late
G
You should go home
Am F
But secretly I wish you don’t leave me alone
C
It’s getting dark
G
And you can’t stay
Am F
Cause if you get to know me I’ll push you away
Fm
And then I’ll hurt for it
C G Am
Even though it wasn’t me it was the monsters
F
So stay away
Fm
From me
C
Cause I’m the monster