THE MONSTER THEY MADE
[Intro — ONLY WOMEN 1]
Mother…
Why do they call father a monster?
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
Because sometimes, my child,
a man becomes what he swore he’d never be.
[Verse 1 — ONLY WOMEN 1]
They whisper when he walks outside,
They turn their eyes away.
They speak his name with fear,
But no one tells me why they say—
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
Because I saw what he became
When darkness came for us.
He walked into the fire
When everyone else ran.
[ONLY WOMEN 1]
But why did he fight them?
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
Because they came for you.
[ONLY WOMEN 1]
Then why do you call him a monster too?
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
Because I loved the man he was…
And mourn the man he had to become.
[Verse 2 — ONLY MEN 1]
I never asked for bloodshed,
I never wanted war.
I only wanted my family
Safe behind our door.
But when they came with fire,
When they threatened all I loved,
Something broke inside me…
And I became enough.
I fought when I was terrified,
I fought when I was alone.
I fought with nothing left inside me
But the need to bring you home.
[Chorus — BOTH]
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
They call you a monster.
[ONLY MEN 1]
Maybe they are right.
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
They say you became darkness.
[ONLY MEN 1]
I became their nightmare
So you could sleep at night.
[BOTH]
No one is born a monster,
No soul begins that way.
Sometimes love becomes a weapon
When there’s nothing left to save.
[Bridge — ONLY WOMEN 1]
Father, were you afraid?
[ONLY MEN 1]
More than you’ll ever know.
[ONLY WOMEN 1]
Then how did you defeat them?
[ONLY MEN 1]
I lost everything inside me…
And that was what made me strong.
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
I watched your soul disappear.
[ONLY MEN 1]
I had already lost myself.
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
Then why did you keep fighting?
[ONLY MEN 1]
Because when I had nothing left…
I still had you.
[Final Chorus — BOTH]
No one is born a monster,
No soul begins with hate.
Sometimes the deepest love
Creates the darkest fate.
He fought when he was broken,
He stood when he should have fallen.
He became what they feared
When there was no one left to save them.
[ONLY MEN 1]
If being a monster
Meant keeping you alive…
[ONLY WOMEN 2]
I wish the world
Had never made you choose.
[Outro — ONLY WOMEN 1]
Father…
Are you really a monster?
[ONLY MEN 1]
No, my child.
I’m just a man
Who was willing to become one…
[ONLY WOMEN 1]
For us?
[ONLY MEN 1]
For you.
[ONLY WOMEN 1 — WHISPERED]
Then I don’t fear the monster.
I fear the world
that made him.