The Monster Within You

Come with me on a journey now
There’s somewhere we need to go
I’ve seen what’s on your surface
Now it’s time I looked below

Don’t hesitate because you think
I’m not steadfast enough to see
The evil which you lock away
The hellion that you hide from me

In deepest shadow he waits for us
As he struggles to break free
From bonds in which you’ve chained him
Oh how he longs to toy with me

In my panic he would thrive
He would luxuriate in my fears
And feasting on my suffering
He’d quench his thirst on my salty tears

Indeed a monster may very well live
In the blackest part of your soul
But if he is truly part of you
You need him to make you whole

Horrendous as he seems to be
Your fiend is a part of you
And just as I embrace your light
I’ll face your creature too

No trepidation grows in me
I fear no corner where he abides
Because he is not all you are
Your darkness is only where he resides

So gladly I’ll gaze into his eyes
His depraved torments I will bear
I’ll welcome the terror he instills
If it means I will find you there