Why I like the song Monster, by Skillet

 One of my favorite songs is written in the point of view of someone who feels like a monster (this is how I interpret it) because they are told to be kind and forgiving and respectful and all, yet sadly that person has just been shoving their anger and stress further and further down into their very soul, until one day it breaks, and all that anger, that wrath, that pain, it becomes a monster. And the person can’t help but lash out at everyone they see. Here are the lyrics.

This secret side of Me

I never let you see

I keep it caged but I can’t control it

So stay away from me, the beast is ugly

I feel the rage and I just can’t hold it

It’s scratching on the walls, in the closet in the halls

It comes awake and I can’t control it

Hiding under the bed, in my body, in my head

Why won’t somebody come and save me from this make it end?

[chorus]

I feel it deep within, its just beneath the skin

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I hate what I’ve become, the nightmare’s just begun

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

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My secret side I keep it under lock and key

I keep it caged but I can’t control it

‘cause if I let him out, he’ll tear me up break me down

Why won’t somebody come and save me from the make it end?

[chorus]

It’s hiding in the dark , it’s teeth are razor sharp, there’s no escape for me, it wants my soul it wants my heart

No one can hear me scream , maybe it’s just a dream

Maybe it’s inside of me, stop this monster

{chorus x 2}

I, I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster,

I, I feel like a monster

This song seems almost like it’s writer knows me inside and out because it describes exactly how I feel. Like a monster, I can’t control my own actions, I am supposed to be kind and loving, I am supposed to be forgiving and humble, yet this a thing we all have experienced known as peer pressure is not as hard to avoids as one might think, it's making me want to hold a grudge, letting me want to be angry  I feel scared, and lost, yet the monster is making me even more scared as it pounds it’s way into my life and out of it’s cage.