Monster - Shawn Mendes

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[Intro]
   


[Verse 1]
            
You put me on 

              
a pedestal and

              
 tell me I'm t

       
he best
           
Raise me up in

              
to the sky unt

              
il I'm short o

        
f breath (Yeah

)

Fill me up wit

h confidence, 

I say what's i

n my chest

Spill my words

 and tear me d

own until ther

e's nothing le

ft
           
Rearrange the 

              
pieces just to

              
 fit me with t

       
he rest, yeah


[Chorus]
              
But what if I,

           
 what if I tri

p?
              
What if I, wha

       
t if I fall?
              
Then am I the 


monster?
            
Just let me kn

ow
              
And what if I,

           
 what if I sin

?
              
And what if I,

           
 what if I bre

ak? Yeah
              
Then am I the 


monster? Yeah
            
Just let me kn

ow, yeah


[Verse 2]
      
I was fifteen 

when the world

 put me on a p

edestal
      
I had big drea

ms of doin' sh

ows and making

 memories
          
Made some bad 

moves tryna ac

t cool, upset 

by their jealo

usy

Lifting me up 

(Lifting me up

), lifting me 

up (Yeah)

  And tearing 

me down (Down)

, tearing me d

own (Down, dow

n)
     
I'll take resp

onsibility for

 everything I'

ve done (Yeah)
           
Holding it aga

              
inst me (Yeah)

              
, like you're 

         
the holy one (

Yeah)
        
I had a chip o

n my shoulder,

 had to let it

 go

  'Cause unfor

giveness keeps

 them in contr

ol
       
I came in with

 good intentio

ns then I let 

it go

  And now I re

ally wanna kno

w


[Chorus]
              
What if I, wha

       
t if I trip? (

Oh)
              
What if I, wha

       
t if I fall? (

I fall)
              
Then am I the 


monster? (Am I

 the monster?)
            
Just let me kn

ow (Let me kno

w)
              
And what if I,

           
 what if I sin

? (Oh)
              
And what if I,

           
 what if I bre

ak? (What if I

 break?)
              
Then am I the 


monster? (Am I

 the monster?)
            
Just let me kn

ow (Oh, please

 just let me k

now, yeah)


[Outro]

  La-da-da-duh

-duh (But what

 if I fall?)

  La-da-da-duh

-duh-duh-na

  La-da-da-da-

duh-duh

  La-da-da-duh

-duh-duh-na

  La-da-da-duh

-duh (Please d

on't let me fa

ll)

  La-da-da-duh

-duh-duh-na

  La-da-da-da-

duh-duh (Oh, p

lease don't le

t me fall)

  La-da-da-duh

-duh-duh-na

   

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