Monster

from Through the Darkness and the Cold by Elliot Thomas

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I feel a pushing and a pulling in the air
and I look around and grab a hold of what I can
and what I hold on to I try to understand
before it steals away into the void again

And I feel a pushing pulling working on me man
takes my heart and tries to rip it from my chest
Knocks me down and knocks me here and there
and I fall apart and I fall back again

And I'm a monster now I'm a monster now
I'm a monster now I'm a monster now
And I fall apart but I come back around
Don't know what I was but I'm a monster now

A superstitious man though I chase the light
I fear the devil and the coming of the night
Dark shadows follow me around
Don't know what I was but I'm a monster now

Sailed for paradise but that's not what I found
Took flight for the heavens but I barely left the ground
thought I knew the way but came crashing down
thought the earth was flat but that rock is round.

And I'm a monster now I'm a monster now
I'm a monster now I'm a monster now
And I fall apart but I come back around
Don't know what I was but I'm a monster now

My truth is but a thousand little lies
and I try to catch myself but when I close my eyes
I break free from the mold that I have made
and I fall apart but I fall back again

And every death of me is a harvest gained
from the day is born the night is born the day
My every tragedy is but a grain of sand
and I'm proud to be a monster on the land

And I'm a monster now I'm a monster now
I'm a monster now I'm a monster now
And I fall apart but I come back around
Don't know what I was but I'm a monster now

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from Through the Darkness and the Cold, released November 24, 2016

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