Featured Music Video | Skillet – Monster

Today’s featured music video is from the award winning Christian band Skillet. Known for their heavy music and piercing lyrics, Skillet continues to belt out songs that relate to a mass audience.  In fact the song “Monster” was played as an opening song at a number of American Football games.

While they enjoy the moment to spread their music, the band takes great pride in helping spread the message of a dying humanity and its need for a Saviour.  And the song “Monster” is a glowing example of this.

In Romans 7, Paul takes the time to describe the typical human condition.  He is in torment as he sees, even in his own life, an ugly pattern emerge.  The things he doesn’t want to do, he keeps on doing.  And the things he wants to do, these things are impossible for him. He talks about a war raging inside of him and is best expressed in the following passage..

“So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Rom 7:21-24

Paul sees that he is living in a body of death.  And if you were honest with yourself, you would come to the same conclusion.  You know that the “old person” inside of you rages at your new nature and you constantly find yourself at war with your old nature.  It’s like you have a monster inside of you.

On your own, this is impossible.  Give up and give up now.  Surrender to the fact that this war will never be won on your own. It takes the death of Jesus to pay for this monster inside of you.  And it takes the Spirit of God to help you detach yourself and put to death that monster once and for all.  And only then, can you be free.

In this light, we present the song, “Monster” by Skillet.  Lyrics are below the video…

Skillet | Monster – lyrics

The secret side of me, 
I’ll never let you see.
I keep it caged but I can’t control it.
So stay away from me, 
The beast is ugly.
I feel the rage and I just can’t hold it.

It’s scratchin’ on the walls, 
In the closet, in the halls.
It comes awake and I can’t control it.
Hidin’ under the bed, 
In my body, in my head.
Why won’t somebody come and save me from this
Make it end.

I feel it deep within, 
It’s just beneath the skin, 
I must confess that I feel like a monster.

I hate what I’ve become, 
The nightmare’s just begun.
I must confess that I feel like a monster.

I feel like a monster.

My secret side I keep, 
Hid under lock and key.
I keep it caged but I can’t control it.
Cause if I let him out, 
He’ll tear me up, break me down.
Why won’t somebody come and save me from this
Make it end.

It’s hidin in the dark, 
It’s teeth are razor sharp, 
There’s no escape for me, 
It wants my soul, it wants my heart.

No one can hear me scream, 
Maybe it’s just a dream, 
Or maybe it’s inside of me.
Stop this monster.

I feel it deep within, 
It’s just beneath the skin, 
I must confess that I feel like a monster. X3

I’m gonna lose control, 
It’s something radical, 
I must confess that I feel like a monster.
I, I feel like a monster. X4