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

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]

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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


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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 pedestal
      
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

  And tearing 

me down, teari

ng me down
     
I'll take resp

onsibility for

 everything I'

ve done
             
Holding it aga

              
inst me, like 

              
you're the hol

   
y one

        
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?
              
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?
              
Then am I the 


monster?
            
Just let me kn

ow


[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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