[Verse 1]
--- ODYSSEUS ---

How has everyt

hing been turn

ed against us?

How did suffer

ing become so 

endless?

How am I to re

unite with my 

estranged?

Do I need to c

hange?

I'm surrounded

 by the souls 

of those I've 

lost

I'm the only o

ne whose line 

I haven't cros

sed

What if the gr

eatest threat 

we'll find acr

oss the sea

   Is me?

[Chorus 1]
--- ODYSSEUS ---
              
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?
              
What if I've b

            
een far too ki

             
nd to foes but

              
 a monster to 

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

[Verse 2]
--- ODYSSEUS ---
       
Is the cyclops

 struck with g

uilt when he k

ills?
      
Is he up in th

e middle of th

e night?
           
Or does he end

 my men to ave

nge his friend
         
And then sleep

 knowing he ha

s done him rig

ht?
         
When the witch


 turns men to 

pigs to protec

t
    
Her nymphs is 

she goin' insa

ne?
           
Or did she lea

rn to be colde

r when she got

 older
    
And now she sa

ves them the p

ain?
       
When a god com

es down and ma

kes a fleet dr

own
      
Is he scared t

hat he's doing

 something wro

ng?
           
Or does he kee

p us in check 

so we must res

pect him
    
And now no one

 dares 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
              N.C.
And save more lives with guile?

[Chorus 2]
--- ODYSSEUS ---
              
If I became th

        
e monster and 

              
threw that gui

   
lt away
              
Would that mak

           
e us stronger?

              
 Would it keep

             
 our foes at b


ay?
              
If I became th

        
e monster to e

            
veryone but us
              
And made sure 

           
we got home ag

              
ain, who would

              
 care if we're

   
 unjust?

[Bridge]
--- ODYSSEUS, (CREW) ---
              
If I became th

   
e (Monster)
            
Oh, ruthlessne

              
ss is mercy up

        
on ourselves (

Monster)
         
And deep down 


I know this we

ll
          
I lost my best


 friend, I los

t my mentor, m

y mom
     
Five hundred m

en gone, this 

can't go on
           
I must get to 

              
see Penelope a

      
nd Telemachus
              
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

              
 drop another 


infant from a 

wall
              
In an instant,

              
 so we all don

   
't die

[Chorus 3]
--- ODYSSEUS, (CREW) ---
          
Then I'll beco

            
me the monster

              
, I will deal 

    
the blow
              
And I'll becom

            
e the monster,

              
 like none the

          
y've ever know

n
              
So what if I'm

            
 the monster, 

              
lurking deep b

 
elow?
              
I must become 

            
the monster an

              
d then we'll m

       
ake it home
     
(Monster) Pene

lope
     
(Monster) Tele

machus
            
(Monster) Oh, 

 
ruthlessness i

s mercy upon o

urselves
       
(Monster)  I'l

.            
l become the m


onster