Monster Within

The mirror cracks when I look inside

A stranger’s face that I cannot hide

I wear these scars like a second skin

Every battle says I’ll never win

The voices rise like a siren call

They build me up just to watch me fall There’s a beast

beneath the mess I made

I hear them whisper,

I hear them say

That I was born this way

I feel like a monster

And everyone reminds me that I am I’m losing my grip,

I’m losing control There’s fire where my heart once stood

I feel like a monster

But I’m still fighting who I am If I’m made from the

darkness Then I’ll tear it apart with my bare hands

The hallway lights burn into my eyes Every friendly face is a

thin disguise

They point their fingers,

they know my name

They feed the fear,

then they call it shame

I hear them whisper,

I hear them say

That I was born this way

Maybe I’m broken

Maybe I’m scarred

Maybe the worst of me

Is buried too far

But if there’s a heartbeat

Still under this skin I’ll drag it from the wreckage And start

again Hey! (hey) Hey!

(hey) I won’t disappear!

Hey!

(hey) Hey!

(hey) I’m still standing here!

I feel like a monster

And everyone reminds me that I am But I won’t be the

monster

That they built with their own hands I feel like a monster

But I’m more than what they see

They can name all my demons

But they’ll never take the rest of me

The mirror breaks, but I’m still alive

A little wounded, but I still survive

I feel like a monster,

but now I understand I’m not what they made me

I am who I am