Yes, oh my god

Yes, oh my god

Look at this, I'm a coward too
You don't need to hide, my friend
For I'm just like you


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Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites Lyrics as written by Anton Zaslavski Sonny Moore

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  • +5
    General Comment

    I highly doubt the song was created for a message, but I'll interpret these lyrics anyways.

    I believe it is from a monster's perspective while telling a child that he need not fear him because of his appearance, and that they are both the same because on the inside he's a coward too.

    Arigostlyon November 29, 2011   Link
  • +4
    General Comment

    This reminds me of a dream I had not too long ago. There was this just hideously ugly creature that was extremely helpful and "it" and the villagers in the dream kept referring to a "monster"-I thought they meant "it",but in case in point they did not-they meant me-I looked at myself and I was terrifying. Sorry t.m.i.

    redshiftdazzleron December 18, 2011   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation

    I think that The Monster is the good guy, and the kid is afraid of him, but he's saying not to be afraid because he is just like the kid, but the Sprites are trying to kill the boy, but acting like they wanna help. they here what the monster says, and repeat it to the boy, because the boy can only here them, and then the song ends, when the sprites kill the boy.

    fairies and sprites are similar, and in the old days fairies tricked people into doing what they wanted.

    CupcakeJuion April 14, 2013   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    It's 'Pocket hands, I'm a coward too.' The lyric comes from the song Bells under his work as Sonny.

    alexnickon April 30, 2012   Link
  • +1
    My Opinion

    I think the song is based on a sprite that is afraid of everything given the reason that they keep hiding and hiding from a "scary monster" or another sprite that looks different and is an outcast that is trying to help him/her overcome their fear.

    hamsterfaceon September 04, 2015   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    Let's not forget what we hear when we hear it backwards. Many of the lyrics are only heard when played backwards. Here is what I hear when It's played backwards:

    I'm just like you You don't need to I'm just like you

    OH NO WHO'S THERE

    I'm just like you You don't need Just like you

    SymBienon August 22, 2013   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    Basically what everyone's saying about the monster and the boy. The backwards lyrics points to it being "hidden" lyrics. The Monster is a coward so it "hides." The hidden lyrics referring to exactly that. Hidden.

    FragranceMuskon September 29, 2013   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    I think that despite the reputation this song's got, that it's packed with emotion and soul. The song is about someone who is depressed, their mind is messed up, and their life crumbling away. In this case, he's a homosexual man, and hates himself because of it. The opening lyrics is someone trying to help him, trying to tell him that it's okay, he's just like him; but because of who he believes he is, he doesn't listen, and everything sounds jumbled and corrupted. The drop to my what he is feeling. That guttural grotesqueness symbolises how he's represented. When the words are finally decipherable, the man understands that he's had someone there all along, as now he can hear him. I won't end this with an "and they all lived happily ever after" haha. ;)

    SamuelLeumason July 31, 2014   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Love the point at which there is a shift in tempo preceded by “Oh my God in a highly exaggerated falsetto

    anna114295on March 16, 2019   Link
  • -3
    General Comment

    he's probably trying to summon a demon, and it won't reveal itself to him, and he's telling it not to be afraid, and he's just like the demon...

    davidg6497on May 10, 2013   Link

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