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Monster

Release date: 7th June 2011

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Paramore recorded 'Monster' for the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack, marking the band's first official release following the departure of Josh and Zac Farro. The track opens with a portrait of betrayal, its narrator watching a once-steadying presence dissolve into something formless and destructive. Where there was conscience, there is now only water; where there was solid ground, there is drowning. The song builds its power through repetition and escalation. The chorus arrives with a declarative force, the band pledging to halt the world's transformation into something that consumes them whole. Beneath this defiant surface runs a more complicated current: the narrator admits to collecting victims, to finding strength in tension rather than resolution, to preferring the unknown over easy answers. By the final chorus, the dynamic has shifted entirely. With the antagonist gone, the world becomes theirs to inhabit, a reversal that feels less like victory than the quiet aftermath of something necessary and painful.

"Monster" is a single by Paramore, released 7th June 2011. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Paramore.

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Monster

You were my conscience
So solid, now you're like water
And we started drowning
Not like we'd sink any further
But I let my heart go
It's somewhere down at the bottom
But I'll get a new one
And come back for the hope that you've stolen

I'll stop the whole world
I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster
Eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Well, now that you're gone the world is ours
Ah-ah, ah, ah
Ah-ah, ah, ah

I'm only human
I've got a skeleton in me
But I'm not the villain
Despite what you're always preaching
Call me a traitor
I'm just collecting your victims
And they're getting stronger
I hear them calling, calling (Calling)

I'll stop the whole world
I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster
Eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Well, now that you're gone the world is ours

Well, you find your strength in solutions
But I like the tension
And not always knowing the answers
But you're gonna lose it
You're gonna lose it

I'll stop the whole world
I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster
Eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Well, now that you're gone the world
I'll stop the whole world
I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster
Eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Now that you're gone the world is ours

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Writer
Hayley Williams, Taylor York
Producer
Rob Cavallo
Drums
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Vocals
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Bass Guitar
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Lead Guitar
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