Wake The Monster [Explicit]
- Eden OnFire
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Wake The Monster [Explicit] is about what happens when past trauma gets triggered.
The word “triggered” gets thrown around a lot these days to describe anything that annoys or upsets someone. But in the context of trauma, it means something very different.
A trauma trigger is when something in the present — a situation, a tone of voice, a behavior — suddenly pulls you back into the emotional state connected to a past traumatic experience. It can happen before your mind even has time to catch up with what’s going on.
After coming out of an abusive relationship, I realized I carried a lot of those triggers with me. Certain moments could flip a switch almost instantly, bringing anger, fear, or defensiveness to the surface before I even had time to process it.
Wake The Monster tells the story of what that experience feels like from the inside.
The line that sums it up best is: “It might not be what you deserve, but that is what is being served.” When someone hits one of those wounds you’re still healing from, the reaction they get isn’t always about them. Sometimes it’s the monster that trauma woke up long before they arrived.
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Wake The Monster
Lyrics by Amy Gould – Eden On Fire
Seething rage inside of me
Only get what I let you see
Better off if you'd let me be
Don't wake the monster
Lurking creature just below
The surface where you did not know
Triggered fury down below
Don't wake the monster
It might not be what you deserve
But that is what is being served
Destructive carnage
A warpath, can't escape her wrath
Monsters woken
Better run before there's aftermath
Pressure's rising
Eruption coming on too fast
Fueled by a fucked up, bullshit past
Ticking time bomb wires crossed
My own internal Holocaust
Indignation from all I've lost
Don't wake the monster
Violent clouds collide and fall
Deep inside behind my wall
Push me harder your downfall
Don't wake the monster
It might not be what you deserve
But that is what is being served
Destructive carnage
A warpath, can't escape her wrath
Monsters woken
Better run before there's aftermath
Pressure's rising
Eruption coming on too fast
Fueled by a fucked up, bullshit past
Destructive carnage
A warpath, can't escape her wrath
Monsters woken
Better run before there's aftermath
Pressure's rising
Eruption coming on too fast
Fueled by a fucked up, bullshit past
Wake the monster
Wake The Monster appears on the Eden On Fire album Unresolved.
© Eden On Fire / Amy Gould. All rights reserved.
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