Monster

from Tall TreEP by Tall Trees

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"Some bullshit song about being ugly" is what I
was written on the liner notes for this track when Jad wrote it.

lyrics

Why, oh why, am I stuck this way?
Just take a deep breath, accept it -- it's okay.
But that's hard, you see, when I can't be
The perfect man with good looks, the man so astonishing.

See I'm a monster, I've got four eyes and a knife where my heart should be.
And you're wrong, it's not true, don't sell me lies to try and reconcile me.
Seems he's floating around, in ecstasy I'm bound
By the midnight sun, so when it comes, just leave me alone and let me run.

Let me run.

Please, oh please, let me slip away.
Though my body is transient, my soul remains.
Hollow eyes hide the signs of pain,
So cast me out into the pouring rain, and let me run.

Let me run.

I'm a monster, I've got four eyes and a knife where my heart should be.
And you're wrong, it's not true, don't sell me lies to try and reconcile me.
Seems he's floating around, in ecstasy I'm bound
By the midnight sun, so when it comes, just leave me alone and let me, let me run.

Let me run.

credits

from Tall TreEP, track released August 14, 2012
Jad Hammoud - Vocals and Guitar
Peter Klaassen - Bass
Josh Wynnyk - Drums

Music written by Jad Hammoud, Peter Klaassen, and Josh Wynnyk
Lyrics written by Jad Hammoud (Co-writer Peter Klaassen)

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