Part 1.
A monster is an imaginary animal
"A monster is an imaginary animal compounded of incongruous elements"
that's what it says in the book
I looked it up
says that in the dictionary
sounds like a dictionary phrase
sometimes you can tell
when things come from the dictionary
A monster is an imaginary animal
and I wondered if it sounded like anyone you know
no?
awright
It's an imaginary animal
we've patched ours together from parts that don't matter
we made him live for someone to talk to
he's monstrous & kind
he's playful & charming
people love him
and we love him too
one small flaw
it seems maybe we missed something out
just a small fly in the ointment
it's he's got no heart
he's got no heart
he's got no part of a future
no part of a past
nothing to share
nothing to confide
he's got no heart
he's got no heart
What kind of a price to pay for no comfort
no comfort
Part 2.
The monster stands at the edge of the winter lake
looks out over the land of the silence stretching out between us
the king of the land of the silence
stretching out between us most like forever
or a winter lake
it's most like forever
or a winter lake
frozen
white & waste
tense & unbroken
the silence between us
out there
out there
roams the king of the land of the silence between us
winter bare
a winter bear
great white & dangerous
it signifies time
overfed
deathly slow
time
king of the land of the silence between us
the monster stands at the edge of the winter lake
looks out
(points with trembling finger)
oooh
the great white bear
the great white bear
the great white bear
moby bear
Part 3.
But for Monster it's always summertime
don't ya see he doesn't see?
Through the trees
like it was snowing
there were parts
of flowers blowing
walk with me
talk with me
walk with me
talk with me
it's not so bad
to be with me
it's so bad to be with me
Oh the wind
the wind was blowing
through the leaves
time was showing
walk with me
talk with me
walk with me
talk with me
it's not so bad
to be with me
it's so bad to be with me
Part 4.
Don't ya see he doesn't see?
Down to the lake he goes
watchin the water roll in
down to the lake he goes
his pickup truck he's got stereo dogs in the back
and he's at the water
and the water's big
it's gray & big
he says, Big
he says, Big don't you see how big it is?
watchin the water go in
molecules of it are so big they're bouncin off the rocks
like popcorn
you have to brush it from your hair
oh
so darlin reach your hand out
and take a handful
a molecule of your own choosing
a souvenir of the day Monster walks with you
(a handful of nothin slips between your fingers)
And Monster says,
when I'm gone
when I'm gone just don't say I never gave ya anything
and
it's not so bad, is it?
it's not so bad, is it?
not so bad to be with me?