Bit of a Monster

It's all an elaborate stage show Please won't you hold your applause Adorned bouquets of withering roses I've seen it Seen it all before I've been trying to ignore the symptoms Of being full of myself Bearing my teeth again Oh dear And still I'd wish you well I've been headed to the top Just to look back down And over my shoulder Every smile comes unwound again I'm a little bit of a monster Drowning myself in what you thought dried up yesterday I'm a little bit of a monster Holding my head up high to keep on breathing Have I the luckiest cure all for the night Why can't you tell Why can't you tell Why can't you tell What I can't tell Don't you know when you've been bitten Don't you lie to me Is there nothing more I can do To see past my reflection I'm a little bit of a monster Drowning myself in what you thought dried up yesterday I'm a little bit of a monster Holding my head up high to keep on breathing Help me understand Can you know what I am When the worst is over I can be What you see What you see In me I've been headed to the top Just to look back down And over my shoulder Every smile comes unwound again Shadows dancing as I raise my fist into the air Others follow as the fangs We once would bear are dulled I'm a little bit of a monster Drowning myself in what you thought dried up yesterday I'm a little bit of a monster Holding my head up high to keep on breathing I'm a little I'm a little bit Of a monster Oh