Monster Under My Bed

Verse 1

Lights out and the room goes still

I count the shadows on the wall

Something breathing underneath the hill

Of pillowcases and my sprawl

One eye open in the dark

The other praying for the dawn

Every floorboard I can hear it mark

A little closer comin' on

Pre-Chorus

And I whisper to the quiet

Say I'm not afraid

But my heart is climbing faster

Than my voice can make the trade

Chorus

There's a monster under my bed

And I can't sleep tonight

There's a monster in my head

Keeping every shadow bright

I pull the covers over me

Pretend I'm not afraid

There's a monster under my bed

And I can't sleep tonight

Verse 2

I called my brother on the phone

Said come and check what's underneath

He laughed and said I'm all alone

But he brought his flashlight anyway

We checked the closet checked the floor

He kicked my sneakers underneath

Said monsters can't fit through the door

Unless you give 'em somewhere to be

Pre-Chorus

Then he sat down with a grin

Said I know the wake-up call

Every monster that you're tangled in

Is small enough to fall

Chorus

There's a monster under my bed

And I can't sleep tonight

There's a monster in my head

Keeping every shadow bright

I pull the covers over me

Pretend I'm not afraid

There's a monster under my bed

And I can't sleep tonight

Bridge

(There's a monster) he said I'm right here

(There's a monster) we'll face it two by two

(There's a monster) it ain't nothin' but a fear

And fear is something that we grew right through

Final Chorus

There's a monster under my bed

But I can finally sleep tonight

There's a monster in my head

But we turned on every light

We pulled the covers off and saw

Just shadows that we made

There's no monster under my bed

And we both sleep tonight