[Verse 1]
They fed me fear by the spoonful
Made a home in my ribs
Every scar on my knuckles
Got a name and a zip
I learned first from the shadows
How to bite, how to grin
When the room went cold on me
I let the furnace begin
Black mud on my boots now
Red clay on my tongue
Mama said keep your head up
But the night made me young
I was built from the warning
From the look in their eyes
If you ask what I am now
Baby, I survived
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that low growl
That’s my blood talking
Hear that slow sound
That’s the floor dropping
I didn’t come soft
I came through the fire
Every bad thing fed me
Now I’m higher
[Chorus]
Monsters made me
Monsters made me
Monsters made me who I am
Monsters made me
Monsters made me
Try and break me if you can
I got teeth in the dark
I got thunder in my hands
Monsters made me
Monsters made me who I am
[Verse 2]
Had a wolf at the table
Had a snake at the gate
Had a smile with a knife edge
And a promise too late
I took lessons from ruin
How to stand, how to swing
How to turn every burden
Into a hard-sung thing
Now my voice got that gravel
My heart got that drum
I don’t kneel to the poison
I don’t bow to the numb
When they point and they whisper
I just stare back and laugh
Every monster that chased me
Made a road in my path
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that low growl
That’s my blood talking
Hear that slow sound
That’s the floor dropping
I didn’t come soft
I came through the fire
Every bad thing fed me
Now I’m higher
[Chorus]
Monsters made me
Monsters made me
Monsters made me who I am
Monsters made me
Monsters made me
Try and break me if you can
I got teeth in the dark
I got thunder in my hands
Monsters made me
Monsters made me who I am
[Bridge]
I know my face looks haunted
I know my laugh cuts deep
But every chain they tried on me
Broke into a beat
If I’m wild, it’s because
I was hunted for air
Now the thing that scared me
Lives in my stare
[Final Chorus]
Monsters made me
Monsters made me
Monsters made me who I am
Monsters made me
Monsters made me
Try and break me if you can
I got teeth in the dark
I got thunder in my hands
Monsters made me
Monsters made me who I am