James Blunt – Monsters lyrics

James Blunt – Monsters lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh, before they turn off all the lights
I won't read you your wrongs or your rights
The time has gone
I'll tell you goodnight, close the door
Tell you I love you once more
The time has gone
So here it is

[Chorus]
I'm not your son, you're not my father
We're just two grown men saying goodbye
No need to forgive, no need to forget
I know your mistakes and you know mine
And while you're sleeping, I'll try to make you proud
So daddy, won't you just close your eyes?
Don't be afraid, it's my turn
To chase the monsters away

[Verse 2]
Oh, well I'll read a story to you
Only difference is this one is true
The time has gone
I folded your clothes on the chair
I hope you sleep well, don't be scared
The time has gone
So here it is

[Chorus]
I'm not your son, you're not my father
We're just two grown men saying goodbye
No need to forgive, no need to forget
I know your mistakes and you know mine
And while you're sleeping, I'll try to make you proud
So daddy, won't you just close your eyes?
Don't be afraid, it's my turn
To chase the monsters away

[Bridge]
Sleep a lifetime
Yes, and breathe a last word
You can feel my hand on your own
I will be the last one so I'll leave a light on
Let there be no darkness in your heart

[Chorus]
I'm not your son, you're not my father
We're just two grown men saying goodbye
No need to forgive, no need to forget
I know your mistakes and you know mine
And while you're sleeping, I'll try to make you proud
So daddy, won't you just close your eyes?
Don't be afraid, it's my turn
To chase the monsters away

Lyrics taken from /james_blunt-monsters-1724443.html

Songwriters: Amy Wadge, James Blount, Jimmy Hogarth

Monsters lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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Unregistered 2020-01-20 12:32:56

The lyrics are interesting to read and digest. It indicates some kind of maturity from the son. The son understands their relationship was not a smooth sailing one ("your wrongs or your rights), but life must go on and they understood each other ("I know your mistakes and you know mine". He assures his sick father that he may take leave and would make him proud someday and it is his turn to "chase the monsters away".

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Unregistered 2021-09-13 11:48:50

This song is very emotional it touched me deeply. I feel it tells a very real situation of a father and don relationship. The son is saying goodbye to his dying father for the last time. But there still so much they haven’t said to each other openly.
‘You’re Not my father, I’m not your son - says they are now on equal terms as he’s already a grown man, and his father should not be chasing his monsters - protecting him like a child. He can chase his own ‘monsters’ now
To ask his father to close his eyes and sleep for the last time. There is nothing to forgive or forget as both of them have their own faults and differences during the growing years.
It’s a rather sad song of so much love between father and Son. There is a respect there that are things you don’t say to your father and vice versa.. that’s why he said we are just 2 grown men saying goodbye.
He’s asking his daddy to close his eyes…and not to worry, don’t be afraid..and that he would made him proud and he will chase the monsters away. So much love… so little time or no more time to make amends.. sad.

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Unregistered 2023-04-01 20:37:51

It's actually an unimaginable love between a father and a son. "Close your eyes and sleep, it's my time to chase the monster and while you're sleeping I will try to make you proud"- this is an assurance that the son is making to the dad.
Sadly I can't relate because I wasn't privileged to have a dad while growing up.

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