Morning Monsters

[Verse 1] Wake up to the siren glow Ceiling cracks, that leaking halo Coffee in a cheap white cup Same stain I never clean up Scroll past pretty little staged-up lies Then the traffic, then the side-eye Every smile feels sharp and thin Every word’s got teeth and skin [Chorus] Morning monsters I see you, I see you Meddling hands and hollow praise And I still walk straight through Morning monsters You’re broken, yeah, me too I won’t drink your toxic rage I’ll just forgive you [Verse 2] Hallway hush, poisoned praise Backhand blessings, sideways gaze Office door like a rusted cage Cheap perfume on a quiet rage Arrogant laughs down the wall Jealous eyes waiting for a fall Every handshake slick with doubt Every promise whispered out [Chorus] These are my morning monsters Meddling in my head again Ungrateful idols and impostors Pray I don’t become like them I tell myself, “They’re broken” So I don’t break myself instead These are my morning monsters I won’t let them live in my head [Bridge] Dishonest tongues, so thirsty Surly hearts, so small I whisper, “I forgive you” Right before I raise these walls (hey) You’re not the storm that owns my day You’re just the weather in my way I hold my fire, I hold my ground I let your hatred burn itself out [Chorus] Morning monsters I see you, I see you Meddling hands and hollow praise And I still walk straight through Morning monsters You’re broken, yeah, me too I won’t drink your toxic rage I’ll just forgive you [Outro] Wake up, tell yourself again They’ll come for blood by 9 a.m. You won’t be clean, you won’t be pure But you’ll be kind You’ll still endure