Monster

How does it feel? What is it like?
To have everything you ever wanted
Right before your very eyes
Is it a dream? Or is it real life?
When all the things you thought
Would bring you happiness keep you up at night

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Oh, oh, life can be such a nightmare
Oh, oh, I’m trying to keep it
I’m just trying to keep it together
Oh, oh, life can be such a nightmare
Oh, oh, I’m trying to keep it
I’m just trying to keep it from getting there

John and Lisa
So sorry to hear that you’re really
Giving up on your marriage after 14 years
“Is it something I did?” think all of the kids
As they pack their bags and head off west
To where their mama now lives

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Running from a monster
Feel like I’m running from a monster
I keep running from a monster
Feel like I’m
Runnin’ and runnin’ and runnin’ and runnin’ and
Runnin’ and runnin’ and runnin’ and runnin’ and

Ooh, and I guess I’ve run the wrong way
How could I have been so blind?
Well I guess I’m just a fool then
To think that it would all disappear in time

I asked my mother
She said, “Sorry to say
But in forty years plus
I’ve realized there’s no getting away
Sure, you can try
But no, you can’t hide
When the thing you’re often running from
Is living on the inside.”

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I’m trying hard
But I can’t keep it together
No, no, no, no
No, no, no
I need your help
Save me from myself
I’ve been running from me all along
I don’t know what I will make of my life
If you don’t right all my wrongs
I’ve been running for so long
And I’m not getting anywhere
Can you please come rescue from this nightmare?
I feel like I’m running
I’m so tired of running
I’m so tired of running
And getting nowhere fast
I’m running and going nowhere
Really, I’m tired
I’m tired, I’m so tired