The Monster

The Monster I'm friends with the monster That's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me Stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy Yeah, you think I'm crazy (crazy) I wanted the fame but now the cover of Newsweek Oh well, guess beggars can't be choosy Wanted to receive attention for my music Wanted to be left alone, the public excuse me Been wanting my cake, I need it too, wanting it both ways Fame may be a baloon 'cause my ego inflated When I blew seep it was confusing 'Cause all I wanted to do is be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf Abused ink, used it as a tool when I blew steam Hit the lottery, ooh wee With what I gave up to get was bitter sweet It was just like winning a huge meet Ironic 'cause I think I'm getting something huge, I need a shrink I'm beginning to lose sleep One sheep, two sheep Going cuckoo and cuckier as Kool Keith But I'm actually weirder than you think 'Cause I'm… I'm friends with the monster That's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me Stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy Yeah, you think I'm crazy Well, that's nothing Well, that's nothing No, I ain't much of a poet but I know somebody once told me Told me to seize the moment and don't squander it 'Cause you never know when it all could be over The monster I keep conjuring Sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from Yeah, ponder it Do you wonder there's no wonder you're losing your mind the way you're brought up? Yodel eh hi hoo I think you've been wandering off down yonder And stumbled onto Jeff van Aldren 'Cause I need an interventionist To intervene between me and this monster Save me from myself and all this conflict 'Cause the very thing that I love is killing me and I can't conquer it My OCD's talkin me in the head Keep knockin, nobody's home, I'm sleepwalkin I'm just relatin what the voice in my head say Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just friends with the… I'm friends with the monster That's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me Stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy Yeah, you think I'm crazy Well, that's nothing Well, that's nothing Call me crazy but I had this vision One day that I'd walk amongst you regular civilians But until then drums get killed and I'm coming straight at emcees Blood gets spilled and I take it back to base that I get on the train track Heave every kid who got blamed at I'm the villain, you should've stayed back To the kids who are playin I ain't here to save the fuckin children But if one kid out of 100 million Who are going through a struggle Feels and then relates that's great This Maybach bust the wheels and fallin way back And a drive turn nothing into something Still can make that straw, in the cold stop my wheels spin Rumpelstiltskin in the haystack Maybe I need a straight jacket, thinks that I am nuts for real but I'm okay with that It's nothing, I'm still friends with the… I'm friends with the monster That's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me Stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy Yeah, you think I'm crazy Well, that's nothing Well, that's nothing