Intro: Cm Verse 1: Cm Cm How has everything been turned against us? B B How did suffering become so endless? Abmaj7 Abmaj7 How am I to reunite with my Gsus4 Gsus4 estranged? Do I need to change? Cm Cm I'm surrounded by the souls of those I've lost B B I'm the only one whose line I haven't crossed Ab Ab What if the greatest threat we'll find across the sea G G Is me? Chorus: Abmaj7 Fm What if I'm the monster? What if I'm in the wrong? Gm7 Eb Gm What if I'm the problem that's been hiding all along? Abmaj7 Fm What if I'm the one who killed you Every time I caved to guilt? Gm7 Eb Gm hat if I've been far too kind to foes But a monster to ourselves? -nc- What if I'm the monster? Bridge: Abmaj7 Fm Is the cyclops struck with guilt when he kills? Is he up in the middle of the night? Gm7 Eb Gm Or does he end my men to avenge his friend And then sleep knowing he has done him right? Abmaj7 Fm When the witch turns men to pigs to protect her nymphs is she going insane? Gm7 Eb Gm Or did she learn to be colder when she got older and now she saves them the pain? Abmaj7 Fm When a god comes down and makes a fleet drown Is he scared that he's doing something wrong? Gm7 Eb Gm Or does he keep us in check so we must respect him And now no one dares to piss him off? Abmaj7 Fm Does a soldier use a wooden horse to kill sleeping Trojans 'cause he is vile? Gm7 Gm Or does he throw away his remorse and save more lives with guile? Chorus: Abmaj7 G7 I became the monster? I threw that guilt away Cm7 Bb Would that make us stronger? Would it keep our foes at bay? Abmaj7 G7 If I've became the Monster to everyone but us Cm7 Bb And made sure we got home again Who would care if we're unjust? Fm Ddim Ab G Cm If I became God? -Monster- Oh, ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves - Monster Bb Ab And deep down I know this well I lost my best friend G I lost my mentor, my mom fivehundred men gone, Cm Bb this can't go on I must get to see Penelope and Telemachus G Cm So if we must sail through Dangerous oceans and beaches G Ab I'll go where Poseidon won't reach us And if I gotta drop another infant from a wall G In an instant so we all don't die Chorus: Abmaj7 Fm Then I'll become the monster Iwill deal the blow Cm7 Bb And I'll become the monster Like none they've ever known Abmaj7 Fm So what if I'm the monster Lurking deep below Cm7 Bb I must become the monster And then we'll make it home Abmaj7 Fm Monster, oh Penelope Cm7 Bb Monster, oh Telemachus Abmaj7 Gm7 Cm Monster, oh Oh, ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves Cm Bb Monster, oh I'll become the monster Outro: Cm
