Hidden Monsters
Linka Kulla
Midnight footsteps on the pavement Just another night, nothing to fear Keys are jingling, door is opening Then a shadow makes it all too clear
Screaming, fighting in the darkness Someone I don't recognize at all Is this real or am I dreaming? Watch the stranger rise and fall
They don't wear their horns for everyone to see They smile and pour your drink so carefully
The real monsters hide in plain sight Slip poison in your cup at night Make you the villain in someone else's story Turn your hands into something gory
You think you're safe, you think you know Who to trust, where not to go But monsters don't announce their arrival They lurk and wait in the shadows behind you
Waking up in a concrete cell Blood on my hands, can't remember why They're telling me what I have done But all I recall is a friendly sky
Red cup party, laughing faces Music playing, feeling fine Then the room became a dungeon And I lost my mind
Someone turned me into something I'm not Stole my will and tied it in a knot
The real monsters hide in plain sight Slip poison in your cup at night Make you the villain in someone else's story Turn your hands into something gory
You think you're safe, you think you know Who to trust, where not to go But monsters don't announce their arrival They lurk and wait in the shadows behind you
Two victims, one crime No one saw the hand that poisoned time While we're looking for the fangs and claws The real evil's pouring drinks without a pause
They walk among us wearing human skin The scariest monsters are the ones within The party, the laughter, the innocent scene Hiding something dark and obscene
The real monsters hide in plain sight Slip poison in your cup at night Make you the villain in someone else's story Turn your hands into something gory
You think you're safe, you think you know Who to trust, where not to go But monsters don't announce their arrival They lurk and wait, they lurk and wait
They're still out there in the shadows Wearing smiles, playing nice The hidden monsters in our lives