Genius Monster

if I could show you a bit of genius in a monster
would you take the time to watch it and try to see what I mean?
Or would you be afraid that the monster would devour you whole?

I just want you to stop
and try to see the monster
there on your living room floor

monsters it seems
are hungry for our dreams
but sometimes they're not monsters at all

they are just our own imaginary beasts
who stand between us and our true self
the one who knows how to be brave
the one who knows how to create

I can see your genius monster
he's there inside your heart
he's growling like you've had nothing for lunch
and it's way past supper time

he wants to be fed, that hideous thing
he wants to eat all of your dreams!
So stare him down, you've got nothing to lose.
stare him down or you're dead

monsters take off all their clothes and dance naked in the rain
but tell you it's not something for you
monsters don't like to be silent, monsters think for themselves
then tell you to be quiet and do what they say

but the monster is a genius, he knows just who to choose
and you'll never know he's there until
you desire to grow, or create, or venture
from your shadowy hole of self-doubt

I'll show you this genius monster
If you can bare to look
this monster that shares your name

what this monster doesn't count on,
is that you're as much of a genius as him