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 dow

n (Down, down)
         
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 unforgi

veness keeps t

hem in control
              
I came in with

   
 good intentio

ns then I let 

it go

And now I real

ly wanna know


[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


[Outro]

La-da-da-duh-d

uh (But what i

f I fall?)

La-da-da-duh-d

uh-duh-na

La-da-da-da-du

h-duh

La-da-da-duh-d

uh-duh-na

La-da-da-duh-d

uh (Please don

't let me fall

)

La-da-da-duh-d

uh-duh-na

La-da-da-da-du

h-duh (Oh, ple

ase don't let 

me fall)

La-da-da-duh-d

uh-duh-na