Name: Monster
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: I've always loved the structure and chord changes of this song, plus the harmonies and guitar parts I'm quite proud of. Written New Years Eve 2003 and originally recorded January 1st 2004. There's a lot of scattered memories bundled up in this pop song and it's SO ambiguous I LOVE it.

Monster

from Black by The Enigmatic Foe

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I've always loved the structure and chord changes of this song, plus the harmonies and guitar parts I'm quite proud of. Written New Years Eve 2003 and originally recorded January 1st 2004. There's a lot of scattered memories bundled up in this pop song and it's SO ambiguous I LOVE it.

lyrics

Monster, failure of youth
calls out alone inside his room
broken bottles on the floor
from some fantastic night ,from some fantastic night
 the party's in your head but you went home instead

Fractured, burdened by the guilt
praying for someone to pick up
memories of what is right and wrong
you brought it on yourself, there is no one else
the picture leaves the frame, you fumble for a name
you think of her as you stare through the rain

There are no words of consolation
only conclusion as you play the scene
over and over and over and over again
it's like a daydream
you see her face and every crying eye
you know the cause
it doesn't get much easier, no it doesn't get much easier

Monster you don't have a clue
losing control of what you do
repeating the actions every day
then you spiral down, you're buried in the ground
You never let them near, you're living with the fear
 the fear of wanting those forbidden things

credits

from Black, released September 4, 2009
Jared Colinger: vox, guitar, bass
Josh Dooley: guitar, keys
Mike Perez: programming

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The Enigmatic Foe Knoxville, Tennessee

With sharp lyrics, the playful pop bite of the best of the 70s and 80s, and the kind of self-deprecation usually reserved for a Woody Allen movie, Jared Colinger's lyrics run the gamut from the joy of new love to disillusionment with the old, from wanting to like yourself to being afraid of what we have in our minds.

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