[Intro]


[Verse 1]
            
       How has

 
 everything be

en turned agai

nst us?
            
       How did

              
 suffering bec


ome so endless

?
      
      How am I


 to reunite wi

th my
         
estranged? Do 

              
I need to chan

      
ge?
            
        I'm su

  
rrounded by th

e souls of tho

se I've lost
            
        I'm th

  
e only one who

se line I have

n't crossed
            
   What if the

   
 greatest thre

at we'll find 

across the sea
             
              

   
Is me?

[Chorus]
              
What if I'm th

        
e monster? Wha

              
t if I'm in th

   
e wrong?
              
What if I'm th

           
e problem that

              
's been hiding

           
 all along?
              
What if I'm th

           
e one who kill

           
ed you Every t

              
ime I caved to

  
 guilt?
              
hat if I've be

            
en far too kin

             
d to foes But 

              
a monster to o

        
urselves?
                 N.C.
What if I'm the monster?

[Bridge]
        
Is the cyclops

              
 struck with g

              
uilt when he k

            
ills? Is he up

 in the middle

 of the night?
            
Or does he end

             
 my men to ave

              
nge his friend

            
 And then slee

/            
p knowing he h

            
as done him ri

ght?
          
When the witch

            
 turns men to 

              
pigs to protec

       
t her nymphs i

s she going in

sane?
            
Or did she lea

             
rn to be colde

              
r when she got

            
 older and now

/            
 she saves the

            
m the pain?
        
When a god com

              
es down and ma

              
kes a fleet dr

            
own Is he scar

ed that he's d

oing something

 wrong?
             
Or does he kee

            
p us in check 

              
so we must res

              
pect him And n

          
ow no one dare

              
s to piss him 

 
off?
          
Does a soldier

            
 use a wooden 

              
horse to kill 

           
sleeping Troja

ns 'cause he i

s vile?
            
Or does he thr

             
ow away his re

              
morse and save

        
 more lives wi

th guile?

[Chorus]
              
I became the m

        
onster? I thre

              
w that guilt a

 
way
              
Would that mak

           
e us stronger?

              
 Would it keep

             
 our foes at b


ay?
              
If I've became

        
 the Monster t

              
o everyone but

         
 us
              
And made sure 

           
we got home ag

              
ain Who would 

              
care if we're 

   
unjust?
              
If I became Go

      
d? (Monster) O

             
h, ruthlessnes

              
s is mercy upo

              
n ourselves - 


Monster
              
And deep down 

            
I know this we

              
ll I lost my b


est friend
              
I lost my ment

              
or, my mom fiv

   
ehundred men g

one,
              
this can't go 

            
on I must get 

              
to see Penelop

          
e and Telemach

us
              
So if we must 

             
sail through D

           
angerous ocean

s and beaches
             
I'll go where 

              
Poseidon won't

              
 reach us And 

              
if I gotta dro

           
p another infa

nt from a wall
              
In an instant 

              
so we all don'

  
t die

[Chorus]
              
Then I'll beco

        
me the monster

              
 Iwill deal th

    
e blow
              
And I'll becom

           
e the monster 

              
Like none they

           
've ever known
              
So what if I'm

        
 the monster L

              
urking deep be

 
low
              
I must become 

           
the monster An

              
d then we'll m

           
ake it home
        
Monster, oh Pe

       
nelope
              
Monster, oh Te

        
lemachus
        
Monster, oh Oh

           
, ruthlessness

              
 is mercy upon

      
 ourselves
        
Monster, oh   

    I'll becom

e the monster