Collecting Monsters

Trading cards on the bedroom floor Bent corners, want them even more Names I know by heart somehow Feel more real than people now

Lunchbox battles, playground rules Winner keeps them, loser fumes Pocket full of secret plans Tiny worlds in sweaty hands

They say it’s just pretend But I know better than that Some things you grow out of Some things stick right back

I gotta have, I gotta have them all I thought I had them all but they made more I gotta have, I gotta have them all What am I collecting monsters for?

I gotta have! (monsters, yeah, I'm collecting monsters) I gotta have!

Late-night TV, glowing screen Creatures I’ve never really seen Pixel fights and theme song drums Waiting for the chorus to come Shelves stacked high with plastic dreams Dusty boxes, faded seams They don’t judge, they don’t ask why They’re always on my side

Growing up they laughed it off Said I should let it go But I’m still here counting them Like I always know

I gotta have, I gotta have them all I thought I had them all but they made more I gotta have, I gotta have them all What am I collecting monsters for?

I gotta have! (monsters, yeah, I'm collecting monsters) I gotta have!

Some people chase the crown Some people chase the crowd I’m chasing fire-breathing friends That never let me down

Call them fiction, call them fake They got me through the days When being normal felt too hard And magic felt okay

I gotta have, I gotta have them all, yeah I thought I had them all but they made more I gotta have, I gotta have them all What am I collecting monsters for?

I gotta have! (monsters, yeah, I'm collecting monsters)

I’m collecting monsters Every shape, every kind If the world feels too much sometimes Yeah, I'm collecting monsters