Monsters - James Blunt

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Monsters by James Blunt stylized by Iam Tongi

[Verse 1]
            
Oh, before the

              
y turn off all

   
 the lights
              
I won't read y

              
ou your wrongs

    
 or your right

s
             
The time has g


one
              
I'll tell you 

              
goodnight, clo

    
se the door
              
Tell you I lov

           
e you once mor

e
             
The time has g


one
           
So here it is


[Chorus]
             
I'm not your s

             
on, you're not

     
 my father
            
We're just two

           ( 
 grown men say

)    
ing goodbye
            
No need to for

          
give, no need 

to forget
            
I know your mi

         ( ) 
stakes and you

  
 know mine

 And while you

're sleeping,
     
I'll try to ma

ke you proud
            
So daddy, won'

         ( ) 
t you just clo

  
se your eyes?
            
Don't be afrai

            
d, it's my tur

n
              
To chase the m

         
onsters away


[Verse 2]
            
Oh, well I'll 

              
read a story t

   
o you
              
Only differenc

              
e is this one 

    
is true
             
The time has g


one
              
I folded your 

              
clothes on the

  
 chair
              
I hope you sle

              
ep well, don't

     
 be scared
             
The time has g


one
           
So here it is


[Chorus]
             
I'm not your s

             
on, you're not

     
 my father
            
We're just two

           ( 
 grown men say

 )   
ing goodbye
            
No need to for

          
give, no need 

to forget
            
I know your mi

        (  ) 
stakes and you

  
 know mine

 And while you

're sleeping,
     
I'll try to ma

ke you proud
            
So daddy, won'

        (  ) 
t you just clo

  
se your eyes?
            
Don't be afrai

            
d, it's my tur

n
              
To chase the m

         
onsters away


[Bridge]

Sleep a lifeti

me
         
Yes, and breat

he a last word
            
You can feel m

              
y hand on your

 
 own
            
I will be the 

              
last one, so I

      
'll leave a li

ght on
            
Let there be n

              
o darkness in 

      
your heart


[Chorus]
             
I'm not your s

             
on, you're not

     
 my father
            
We're just two

            (
 grown men say

)    
ing goodbye
            
No need to for

          
give, no need 

to forget
            
I know your mi

         (  
stakes and you

  
 know mine

 And while you

're sleeping,
     
I'll try to ma

ke you proud
            
So daddy, won'

        (  ) 
t you just clo

  
se your eyes?
            
Don't be afrai

            
d, it's my tur

n
              
To chase the m

         
onsters away

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