monster on the loose

Lyrics

[Verse 1 - brooding clean guitar, low toms, tense male vocal]
Midnight drips through the alley veins
Streetlights shake like they know my name
Something's coming, heavy on the air
Bootsteps thunder, but no one's there

I smell the fear in the pouring rain
A shadow grinning through the windowpane
He’s got the hunger of a storm set free
And he’s getting closer, inching after me

[Pre-Chorus - rising drums, distorted guitars creeping in, urgent harmonies]
Run, run, the night won’t save me now
Hear that growl beneath the blackened clouds
Every heartbeat loud as a warning bell
He’s a beast of a man, and I can tell

[Chorus - full band explosion, crushing distortion, soaring vocals]
He’s a beast of a man in the dark
With a fire in his eyes and a knife in his heart
He hunts like a wolf through the cold, cold street
And I can’t outrun the sound of his feet
Oh, he’s a beast of a man, no mercy, no shame
Calling my name like a curse in the rain
When the moon hangs low and the shadows crawl
He’ll break through the night, and he’ll take it all

[Verse 2 - driving drums, gritty riffs, vocal snarls and echoes]
I slam the door, but the hinges scream
He’s in my head like a fevered dream
Glass on the floor, and the walls lean near
Every breath I take, I can feel him near

He moves like a blade through the darkened glow
Eyes like embers in the cold below
I was never meant for a fight like this
But his shadow lands with a hunter’s kiss

[Pre-Chorus - tension building, tom fills, layered backing vocals]
Run, run, but the streets are dead
Every corner echoes with what he said
“Nowhere left,” and the words cut deep
While the beast of a man comes stalking me

[Chorus - bigger, more aggressive, gang vocals, crashing cymbals]
He’s a beast of a man in the dark
With a fire in his eyes and a knife in his heart
He hunts like a wolf through the cold, cold street
And I can’t outrun the sound of his feet
Oh, he’s a beast of a man, no mercy, no shame
Calling my name like a curse in the rain
When the moon hangs low and the shadows crawl
He’ll break through the night, and he’ll take it all

[Bridge - stripped-back guitars, pounding heartbeat kick, desperate vocal]
But I won’t go quiet, I won’t go meek
I found a spark in the bones of my fear this week
If he’s the dark, then I’m the flame
I’ll burn his shadow, I’ll speak my name

[Final Chorus - explosive return, layered harmonies, lead guitar wailing]
He’s a beast of a man in the dark
With a fire in his eyes and a knife in his heart
He hunts like a wolf through the cold, cold street
And I stand my ground on my shaking feet
Oh, he’s a beast of a man, but I won’t break
Not for the hunger he brings, not for his sake
When the moon hangs low, I’m ready to fall
But I’ll fight like hell when he comes for it all

[Outro - fading feedback, distant drums, haunted reverb vocals]
Beast of a man...
In the night...
I hear him coming...
But I’m still alive...