[Verse 1]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
I've been headed to the top
Just to look back down
And over my shoulder
Every smile comes unwound again

[Chorus]
I'm a little bit of a monster
Drowning in what you thought dried up yesterday
I'm a little bit of a monster
Holding my head up high to keep on breathing

[Verse 2]
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 I can do
To see past my reflection?
[Chorus]
I'm a little bit of a monster
Drowning in what you thought dried up yesterday
I'm a little bit of a monster
Holding my head up high to keep on breathing

[Bridge]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
I'm a little bit of a monster
Drowning in what you thought dried up yesterday
I'm a little bit of a monster
Holding my head up high to keep on breathing
[Outro]
I'm a little
I'm a little bit
Of a monster
Oh