Monster - Leah Smith

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

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

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.»

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