Ari Hest is an American singer-songwriter. Born in the Bronx and raised in … Read Full Bio ↴Ari Hest is an American singer-songwriter. Born in the Bronx and raised in a musical environment (his father is a professor of music, his mother a professional singer), Hest began writing songs for the guitar in his mid-teens. Despite his parents' professional interests, Hest considers himself a self-taught musician. Hest is a 2002 graduate of New York University.

A veteran of the small club circuit, particularly in and around his native New York City, Hest recorded and issued his first three albums on his own. Incomplete (1999), a collection of six songs, was originally intended as a demo to circulate among club owners to help secure performing engagements. Incomplete began selling well at shows, and led to the production of two more full-length albums, Come Home (2001) and Story after Story (2003). Hest's first commercial release from a national record label, Someone to Tell, was released by Columbia Records in 2004.

Monsters
Ari Hest Lyrics

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At the midnight hour you can feel the minutes fade
Licking wounds from yesterday, bracing for tomorrow's stage
I create these monsters, seems like every way I can
It's never my intention, but somehow it feels strangely planned

And this goes to show you
Ignorance is under, â??cause

[Chorus]
I'd rather forget all about my past
Cruel how these moments never cease to last
And you could do better than this
If you refuse to hide
These monsters will subside

Story after story, squeezing fiction out of fact
Trying to face forward, but always looking back
Conjuring up danger when you know you're safe and sound
Once you start to question yourself, the road you take leads down, down

And this goes to show you
Ignorance is unde

[Chorus]

Close your eyes

Overall Meaning

and dream of somewhere new
The monsters that you're holding onto, they don't define you
The future's not yet written, but it's waiting to be told
And every step you take will bring you closer to the gold

In Ari Hest's song "Monsters", the lyrics describe a person's struggle to deal with their past and the fear of what lies ahead. The midnight hour is symbolic of a time when a person may feel alone with their thoughts and emotions, and the singer reflects on the temptation to create monsters out of their fears and anxieties. The singer acknowledges ignorance and the power of one's own thoughts to create negative situations that can feel planned, but ultimately push the person further from their desired destination. The singer urges the listener to forget the past and open their eyes to the future, where they can confront their monsters and overcome them.

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Written by: Alice Kristina Gernandt, Gustav Efraimsson

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