[IMMEDIATE START – distorted guitar, electronic beat] [Rhythmic male vocal] Everybody sees the shadow Nobody sees the scars Everybody fears the monster Before they know who you are I learned to smile through the silence I learned to stand on my own When the whole world turned against me I still called this place my home [Heavy guitars enter] You can hate me! You can fear me! You can tell me I don't belong! But the voice beneath my heartbeat ONLY MAKES ME STRONG! [Pre-Chorus – rising melodic vocal] If I become what they fear... Will you still know my name? If I lose myself tonight... Will I ever be the same? [Chorus – emotional Japanese rock] THERE'S A MONSTER IN MY SHADOW! But it doesn't own my soul Every wound that tried to break me Only taught me how to grow THERE'S A MONSTER IN MY SHADOW! I can hear it calling me But I decide Who I become— I DECIDE WHO I WILL BE! [Electronic / guitar break] [Verse 2 – darker rhythmic delivery] White turns black And black turns red Too many voices living in my head One says run One says fight One says drag the whole damn world into the night I've tasted fear I've carried pain Watched everything I loved get washed away Still I'm here Still I breathe You don't get to choose WHAT I BELIEVE! [Half-time heavy section] [Shouted] WHO AM I?! [Melodic response] More than what you see... [Shouted] WHAT AM I?! [Melodic response] Whatever I choose to be... [Shouted] MONSTER! [Melodic] Human... [Shouted] ENEMY! [Melodic] Friend... [Both] WHERE DOES ONE BEGIN AND THE OTHER ONE END? [Sudden atmospheric drop] [Clean emotional vocal] もし闇が僕を呼んでも (Moshi yami ga boku o yonde mo / Even if the darkness calls me) I won't disappear... There are hands I still remember There are voices I still hear Maybe being broken Doesn't mean that hope is gone Maybe even monsters Can still choose to carry on [Beat returns] [Build] So look into my eyes Tell me what you see The thing you always feared... Or the person underneath? [MASSIVE FINAL CHORUS] THERE'S A MONSTER IN MY SHADOW! LET IT SCREAM! LET IT ROAR! I've been thrown into the darkness And I've found my way before THERE'S A MONSTER IN MY SHADOW! But the choice belongs to me I am more Than what lives inside— I DECIDE WHO I WILL BE! [Heavy final section] HATE ME! FEAR ME! CALL ME WHAT YOU NEED! You can judge the monster— BUT YOU DON'T DECIDE FOR ME! [Final melodic vocal] Even underneath the shadow... I'm still me. [Final impact]
