Hello my dear. Is it summertime already?
You’re looking fine in your summer dress.
Though fall is gone, and winter too,
I have reason to believe your spirit’s
Falling like the leaves did when they died.
Please come outside. The monster’s not so
Scary in the sunlight. It will be alright
I don’t yet have an answer but, I promise
We will find one soon.
Until then let’s bide our time and

Just be
If only just for a while
Maybe just for a while
Oh, be
Just be
If only just for a while
Maybe just for a while
Oh, be

I know it’s hard to hear me when the monster’s grown so loud
But I’m watching you sink deeper and I want to pull you out
I know you can remember when your soul wasn’t at war
So let me help you find that place once more.

Hello again, my closest friend
How’s the art been going?
I know the future doesn’t look so bright
Oh, but there are starry nights ahead, I promise.
I know you feel unloved
Feel like your work, is worthless
I know your mind is broken
But I promise you have purpose
Don’t take the gun
Don’t take the gun

Just be
If only just for a while
Maybe just for a while
Oh, be
Just be
If only just for a while
Maybe just for a while
Oh, be

Why is it that the ones who see the most wonder in life
So easily succumb to the dark?
Why is it that the monster’s growl rings thunderous in the lives
Of the men who pour their souls into their art?

Hello, soldier, this war’s made you older
Than you should have to be, you’re only 19
But you’ve seen and done things that you’d pay to forget
The true nature of man’s been laid bare and your head is
So numb. It’s all quiet.
I know you’d rather be gone
Your life and your home, your dreams and goals are dead.
You can’t tell who the monster is anymore.
When two men hold a gun to the head of each other, who is the evil one?
I know that you’d rather it end, but for now

Just be
If only just for a while
Maybe just for a while
Oh, be
Just be
If only just for a while
Maybe just for a while
Oh, be

The bullets flying overhead
The fuses crying call the dead
The soldiers dying breaking bread
The monster lying in your head
The men are buying time to live
The people trying hard to give
The generals sighing won’t forgive
Chains shake - the monster’s slumber ends

Just be
If only just for a while
Maybe just for a while
Oh, be