THEY CALLED ME MONSTER!

(shhh) I ran from the world… I hid in the darkness…

But the stories followed me.

I disappeared into the mountains

Where nobody could find my face

I covered every mirror

I learned to live without a name

I heard the people whisper They said a demon lived below They

never knew the woman Who was terrified to be alone

I didn’t want their blood

I didn’t want their fear

I only wanted somewhere That I could disappear

THEY CALLED ME MONSTER!

THEY CALLED ME DEMON!

But nobody asked me What they had done!

THEY CALLED ME MONSTER!

THEY SAID I HAD NO SOUL!

But I was still the woman They destroyed long ago!

Sometimes I heard them coming

With their weapons in the night I screamed for them to leave

me I begged them not to fight But fear makes people cruel

And legends make them brave

They didn’t see a broken woman They only saw the face they

came to slay

So I stopped asking for forgiveness

For something I never chose I stopped waiting for compassion

From people who wanted me gone THEY CALLED ME MONSTER!

THEY CALLED ME DEMON!

But nobody asked me What they had done!

THEY CALLED ME MONSTER!

THEY SAID I HAD NO SOUL!

But I was still the woman They destroyed long ago!

I remember my old face…

I remember being loved… Now every reflection

Is something I am afraid of.

Maybe I am a monster…

Maybe they were right…

But if I am a monster… WHO MADE ME THIS WAY?

YOU MADE ME FEAR MY OWN REFLECTION!

YOU MADE ME HIDE FROM THE WORLD!

YOU MADE ME HATE THESE EYES!

THEN YOU CALLED ME A MONSTER FOR SURVIVING!

SURVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! (screaming)

THEY CALLED ME

MONSTER!

THEY CALLED ME DEMON!

But I remember who I was Before the darkness came!

THEY CALLED ME MONSTER!

BUT I NEVER LOST MY SOUL!

You can fear my eyes… But you will never own me!

I hear someone coming… Another hero… Another story…

Another man… Who thinks he’s going to kill the monster.

His name…

Is Perseus.