[Verse 1] There’s a shadow where the carpet meets the wall Same old room, same cracked paint, same nothing at all I keep the TV on low so the silence don’t breathe But it still says my name when I’m trying to sleep I got pictures in a box I never open Old birthdays where everybody’s almost smiling Love letters folded up like little coffins And family names that still feel violent [Pre-Chorus] I tell myself it’s just the house settling Just the wind crawling through the vent But something laughs in the dark like it knows me Like it knows everywhere I’ve been [Chorus] I don’t wanna meet The monster under my bed It talks so sweet Like a friend inside my head It says, “Come on down I’ve been saving you a place Where the people who left Still remember your face” But I don’t believe it No, I don’t believe it It sounds like home But it smells like regret I don’t wanna meet The monster under my bed [Verse 2] It wears my mother’s voice when it’s lonely It wears my father’s eyes when it’s mad It wears every lover who ever held me Then made good love feel bad It knows every door that never opened Every call that never came back Every time I learned to be quiet So nobody noticed the crack [Pre-Chorus] I swear I hear it scratching softly Like a dog left out in the rain But I’ve fed that thing too many memories And it still knows how to say my name [Chorus] I don’t wanna meet The monster under my bed It talks so sweet Like a friend inside my head It says, “Come on down I’ve been saving you a place Where the people who left Still remember your face” But I don’t believe it No, I don’t believe it It sounds like love But it feels like a threat I don’t wanna meet The monster under my bed [Bridge] I’ve been a loner since I learned to stand A ghost with skin and shaking hands I make a joke, I disappear I leave the room but I’m still here I’ve been alone in crowded places Looking for home in stranger’s faces Every goodbye left teeth in me Every memory learned to feed And it says “Come visit, I won’t bite Come visit, stay the night Come visit, bring your pain I’ll give it all back with a different name” No, no, no I know how this ends It opens its arms Then it eats me again [Final Chorus] I don’t wanna meet The monster under my bed It talks so sweet Like a friend inside my head It says, “Come on down I’ve been saving you a place Where the people who left Still remember your face” But I don’t believe it No, I don’t believe it It knows my heart And it wants me deadened I don’t wanna meet The monster under my bed [Outro] So I sleep with the light on And my back to the wall Pretend I don’t hear it When it starts to call There’s a shadow where the carpet meets the wall And it says, “I’m not a monster I’m just all you lost”
