[Intro – Clean Guitar, Child’s Voice / Whispered] You said, “I’m safe.” You said, “Trust me.” You said, “Don’t tell.” [Verse 1 – Clean → Grit] You locked the door but smiled like home, Said my fear was something I was shown. Your hands were calm, your voice was low, You taught me things I shouldn’t know. You stood between me and the world, Turned innocence into something curled. I froze — my body learned to disappear, While you whispered love into my ear. [Pre-Chorus – Rising Tension] I didn’t understand the wrong, Just knew my stomach screamed all night long. You stole my words before they formed, Left a child trapped inside a storm. [Chorus – Full Scream] YOU WERE THE FRIENDLY MONSTER HIDING IN MY BEDROOM LIGHT A PREDATOR DRESSED AS PROTECTION DEVOURING ME ALIVE YOU TOOK WHAT A CHILD CAN’T GIVE AND CALLED IT LOVE, CALLED IT CARE YOU WERE MY NIGHTMARE WEARING A NAME THEY TAUGHT ME TO TRUST [Verse 2 – Scream / Chugging Riffs] You taught me silence equals safe, That fear was just a childish phase. You rewired shame into my skin, Made me complicit in your sin. Every breath felt like a crime, Every second bent by time. You walked away untouched, unmarked, Left me screaming in the dark. [Pre-Chorus – Half-Time] I learned to split, I learned to fade, Learned how to rot without decay. You planted hell inside my head, Then slept at night in someone else’s bed. [Chorus – Lower, Heavier] YOU WERE THE FRIENDLY MONSTER TEETH BARED BEHIND A GRIN YOU FED ON MY CONFUSION YOU THRIVED WHERE I CAVED IN YOU STOLE MY VOICE, MY SENSE OF SELF LEFT ME BLEEDING YEARS LATER YOU WERE THE DEVIL I CALLED FAMILY AND NO ONE SAW IT [Breakdown – Slow, Violent, Spoken/Scream] I WAS A CHILD Say it again. I WAS A CHILD. YOU KNEW YOU CHOSE YOU TOOK YOU ARE NOT CONFUSION — YOU ARE CRUELTY. [Bridge – Clean Vocal, Adult Survivor] I carried your shadow into every room, Every mirror, every wound. But truth survives what secrets try to kill, And I’m still breathing — against your will. [Final Chorus – Defiant] YOU WERE THE FRIENDLY MONSTER BUT I OUTLIVED YOUR LIE YOUR POWER DIED THE DAY I SPOKE AND LOOKED YOU IN THE EYE YOU DON’T GET MY SHAME YOU DON’T GET MY PAIN YOU DON’T GET MY SILENCE ANYMORE I NAMED YOU AND THAT ENDED IT [Outro – Dissonant, Fading] You hid in kindness. I survived in truth. And monsters don’t live When the child grows teeth.

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