[Intro]




[Verse]


The fire chief

 believes, tha

t it started i

n the leaves
             
And spread acr

              
oss the yard a

          
nd up the arbo

r

A cigarette al

one left us ou

t of house and

 home
             
Abandoned on t

              
he sidewalk wh

              
ere the sirens

              
 and the pirat

            
es pick our bo

nes


[Chorus]


I'm not the mo

nster that I o

nce was
             
Twenty years a

              
go I was more 

              
beautiful than

       
 I am today


[Verse]


Our everyday a

ttire, we lost

 it in the fir

e
             
Now we're sift

              
ing through th

              
e cinders and 

    
the ashes

Searching for 

a sign, the re

mains of yours

 and mine
             
Suspecting all

              
 along we may 

              
have saved it 

              
if we'd only t

     
aken time


[Chorus]


I'm not the mo

nster that I o

nce was
             
Twenty years a

              
go I was more 

              
beautiful than

      
 I am today


I'm not the mo

nster that I o

nce was
             
Twenty years a

              
go I was more 

              
beautiful than

      
 I am today


[Verse]


If the bruises

 and the scars

, reflect the 

people that we

 are
             
I guess that y

              
ou could say t

              
hat we're beyo

                  
nd it

The fire's fli

ckered out, bu

t the damage a

nd the doubt
             
Make me tend t

              
o leave my sle

              
eping bag roll

              
ed up and stas

              
hed behind the

 
 couch


[Chorus]


I'm not the mo

nster that I o

nce was
             
Twenty years a

              
go I was more 

              
beautiful than

      
 I am today


I'm not the mo

nster that I o

nce was
             
Twenty years a

              
go I was more 

              
beautiful than

      
 I am today


I'm not the mo

nster that I o

nce was
             
Twenty years a

              
go I was more 

              
beautiful than

      
 I am today


I'm not the mo

nster that I o

nce was
             
Twenty years a

              
go I was more 

              
beautiful than

      
 I am today