“Monster” is the first song off of Meg & Dia’s 2006 album titled Something Real. The band has stated in an interview that the song was influenced by a book called East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
In it, the author says the the term “monster” refers to a child who has received no love in his/her c...
[Intro]
And they crawled away
Frightened children down Rebecca street
Shadows so clever
And he said, Am I to remain alone?
[Verse 1]
His little whispers, love me, love me
That's all I ask for, love me, love me
He battered his tiny fists to feel something
Wondered what it's like to touch and feel something
[Chorus]
Monster, how should I feel?
Honest romance, looking through the windows
I will hear their voices, I'm a glass child
I am Hannah's regrets
[Verse 2]
That night he caged her, bruised and broke her
He struggled closer, then he stole her
Violet wrists and then her ankles, silent pain
Then he slowly saw their nightmares were his dreams
Oh, oh, cheap love and cheap skin
Oh, oh, it speaks and he lives
[Chorus]
Monster, how should I feel?
Honest romance, looking through the windows
I will hear their voices, I'm a glass child
I am Hannah's regrets
[Verse 3]
There he goes, there he goes
He's dipping all down to the floor
Turn around, turn around
They're running him into the ground, uh, oh
Secret safe, secret sound
Don't let him know that he is dead
He's in the same bloody hall with a size twenty heart
Drinking his own black blood
[Bridge]
Monster, so who's the monster?
Monster, how do i feel, how do i feel?
Monster, how do i feel, how do i feel?
[Verse 4]
So he turned the sheets down
And fell into a sleepless dream
Of bathtub's full of kerosene, and grow flies
All the lovely clouds in black and white
And he carved up room keys
And closed his ears with pillow lace
Their words murder to his ears
Somehow got tattooed in his veins
Monster (Alternate Version) was written by Dia Frampton & Meg Frampton.
Meg & Dia released Monster (Alternate Version) on Fri Jun 29 2007.