Monster

**MONSTER IN THE MIRROR**

**Verse 1**
Standing in the mirror, holding back the tears
Fighting with the girl I've hated for so many years
Pulling at my shirt, trying to make it hide
Every flaw, every scar, every reason that I cry

My closet's overflowing, but I still have nothing on
Because every piece of fabric feels like proof that I am wrong
You say, "Baby, let's go out, they're waiting for us tonight"
But I'm already exhausted from losing this same fight

**Pre-Chorus**
You see a woman
I see a mess
You see somebody beautiful
I see somebody less

**Chorus**
You see a beauty, but I see a monster
A broken reflection that keeps getting stronger
You tell me I'm enough, but I don't know how
To silence all the voices screaming at me now

I'm hiding in oversized sweaters
Trying to disappear and hold myself together
You see someone worthy of love every day
But the girl in the mirror keeps pushing it away

**Verse 2**
Every photograph becomes another crime scene
Another chance to find everything wrong with me
I stare until the image doesn't feel real anymore
Finding brand-new reasons to hate myself more

Nobody sees the nights I spend awake
Picking apart every choice, every word, every mistake
Nobody hears the war inside my head
Or the cruel things I whisper before I crawl into bed

**Pre-Chorus**
You see my laughter
I fake my smile
You see me standing strong
I've been breaking all the while

**Chorus**
You see a beauty, but I see a monster
A broken reflection that keeps getting stronger
You tell me I'm enough, but I don't know how
To silence all the voices screaming at me now

I'm hiding in oversized sweaters
Trying to disappear and hold myself together
You see someone worthy of love every day
But the girl in the mirror keeps pushing it away

**Bridge**
What if they're right?
What if I'm too much?
Too big, too loud, too broken to be loved?

What if this battle never ends?
What if the mirror always wins?

I'm so tired of apologizing
For taking up space in my own skin
So tired of fighting a stranger
That looks exactly like me

**Final Chorus**
You see a beauty, but I see a monster
A shadow growing larger in the corner
You tell me I'm enough, but the words fade out
Drowning underneath the noise of doubt

I'm hiding in oversized sweaters
Trying to disappear, but nothing gets better
You see someone worthy of love every day
But the girl in the mirror won't go away

**Outro**
Standing in the mirror
Lights off in the room
Tracing every flaw
Like a ritual I do

Tomorrow I'll wake up
And do it all again

Me and the monster
Staring at each other
Waiting for one of us to win.

, Dark, Gloomy, Aggressive, Female Vocals,sad, Dark, Moderate (76-108 BPM), Steady, rock grunge