The indie-alternative song is created from a made up situation, in which some kind of monster enters BENEE’s room at night. It seems to be very scary and intimidating at first, however she stops the monster from being lonely, and it ultimately saves her from a deadly fire.
The song was originally released as a single in November 2019, however later featured on her second EP, Stella & Steve, at the midpoint of the five tracks.
In June 2019, an RNZ review of BENEE’s sold-out show at the Powerstation recalled BENEE’s introduction of the track:
“She recently moved out of her parent’s home – not to another house, but to the family sleepout in the backyard, where she was so terrified that someone might abduct her, she had her mum sleep with her for a week until the fear subsided.“
A UMusic representative also attended the show, and quoted BENEE:
“I turned this evil person outside into this monster. This monster took me in the night but then plot twist, the monster ends up being a good monster that was actually saving me from my house catching on fire.“
“Thought I’d give you a spooky lil song for Halloween! I wrote it about a real fear I have of being taken in the night by someone outside my room…I’ve been loving a bunch of Arabic music lately, and in the studio when we were working on “Monsta” I suggested we find a line which follows a similar double harmonic scale—which you don’t usually hear in western music! I love the way that part has come out in the song.“
– BENEE, via Coup De Main (November 2019)
Monsta
benee Lyrics
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Something doesn't feel right
A chill crawls up my skin
A tingling down my limbs
A shadow in the night
My God, it gave me such a fright
I see him standing right outside
His face is red, his eyes are white
What is it that he wants from me?
Maybe he just feels lonely
What is it that he has in mind?
Why has he come here at this time?
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
Wake up in a magic cave
Here's me tryin' to be brave
But then instead of eatin' me
He offers me a blueberry
What is it that he wants from me?
Maybe he just feels lonely
What is it that he has in mind?
Why has he come here at this time?
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
The monster walks me to a pot
It seems like time is all I got
He pops my head inside
I'm not ready to die
Instead of burning out alive
I see my room flames rising high
He wasn't tryna hurt me
Was only tryna save me
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
Benee's song "Monsta" is a hauntingly beautiful ballad that delves into the emotions a person feels when faced with a daunting and frightening situation. The song begins with the singer, who is trying to fall asleep but is struck with an uneasy feeling that something isn't right. As she looks outside, she sees a shadowy figure, which scares her. The lyrics then reveal that the figure is a monster, but instead of attacking her, the monster takes her away from her safe spaces and into the night. The singer is confused about the monster's intentions but gradually learns that the monster was only trying to protect her from the flames rising high in her room.
The song's narrative can be interpreted in various ways. On one hand, the monster could represent the fears and anxieties that we all face in life. The lyrics suggest that instead of running away from our fears, we should face them head-on and try to understand their underlying causes. On the other hand, the monster could represent a person or a situation that initially appears scary but not necessarily harmful. Sometimes, taking risks and confronting our fears is the only way we can move forward in life.
Overall, "Monsta" is a testament to Benee's songwriting talents and ability to convey complex emotions through simple yet profound lyrics. The song's haunting melody and the singer's soulful voice make it a standout track in her discography.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm tryna fall asleep
The singer is trying to fall asleep, but something feels off
Something doesn't feel right
The singer gets a feeling that something is wrong
A chill crawls up my skin
The singer experiences a physical sensation of coldness creeping up their skin
A tingling down my limbs
The artist feels a tingling sensation down their limbs
A shadow in the night
The artist sees a shadow in the darkness around them
My God, it gave me such a fright
The singer is scared by the shadow they see
I see him standing right outside
The singer sees a figure standing outside
His face is red, his eyes are white
The figure outside has a red face and white eyes
What is it that he wants from me?
The artist wonders what the figure outside wants
Maybe he just feels lonely
The artist considers that the figure may be lonely
What is it that he has in mind?
The singer wonders what the figure has planned
Why has he come here at this time?
The artist wonders why the figure has come at this specific time
Wake up in a magic cave
The singer wakes up in a magical cave
Here's me tryin' to be brave
The singer tries to be brave in the face of the unknown
But then instead of eatin' me
The singer is relieved when the figure doesn't eat them
He offers me a blueberry
The figure offers the artist a blueberry
The monster takes me away
The figure takes the artist away from their safe space into the night
From my safe space into the night
The singer is taken away from their safe space and into the night by the figure
The monster walks me to a pot
The figure walks the singer to a pot
It seems like time is all I got
The artist feels like they only have time left
He pops my head inside
The figure puts the artist's head in the pot
I'm not ready to die
The artist is not ready to die
Instead of burning out alive
Rather than burning to death, the singer sees their room in flames
I see my room flames rising high
The artist sees their room on fire
He wasn't tryna hurt me
The figure wasn't trying to hurt the singer
Was only tryna save me
The figure was only trying to save the singer
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Jason Lee P. Schoushkoff, Joshua Marc Fountain, Stella Bennett
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Lyrics
I'm tryna fall asleep
Something doesn't feel right
A chill crawls up my skin
A tingling down my limbs
A shadow in the night
My God, it gave me such a fright
I see him standing right outside
His face is red, his eyes are white
What is it that he wants from me?
Maybe he just feels lonely
What is it that he has in mind?
Why has he come here at this time?
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
Wake up in a magic cave
Here's me trying to be brave
But then instead of eating me
He offers me a blueberry
What is it that he wants from me?
Maybe he just feels lonely
What is it that he has in mind?
Why has he come here at this time?
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
The monster walks me to a pot
It seems like time is all I got
He pops my head inside
I'm not ready to die
Instead of burning out alive
I see my room flames rising high
He wasn't tryna hurt me
Was only tryna save me
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
The monster takes me away
From my safe space into the night
@ryanflanagan9624
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified [a]freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, romans 3:23-24
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. romans 6:23
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
john 14:6-7 amen
to the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
john 8:31-36
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should [a]not perish but have eternal life For God so loved the world that He gave His One and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in The Name of God’s One and only Son And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God john 3:13-21
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life john 8:12 amen
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
john 11:25-27
Jesus’ Message of love and salvation for all. Jesus died on the cross and rose again on the third day and by the shedding of His blood our sins are forgiven. God is holy God is love. all sin and fall short of God’s glory and the wages of sin is death. all who serve sin are slaves to sin leading to death but while we were still sinners Christ Jesus died for us so that we may be saved from sin, death and hell and have life everlasting with God and Jesus forevermore. The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior now and forevermore. believe in Jesus and be saved, declare with mouth Jesus is Lord, believe in heart that God raised Him from dead you are saved, walk in the newness of light and life as Jesus is The Light and Life and Resurrection of the world. ask The Holy Spirit to guide you now in Jesus Name we pray amen, read God’s Word in The Bible His everlasting perfect whole flawless Word as Jesus is The Living Word, pick it up and see how it changes your life, john 1,3,14 romans 3,5,6,8,10 psalms revelation luke galatians philippians ephesians are all good places to start. if you have any questions let me know and i will help as best as i can with God’s guidance in The Holy Spirit. Jesus has all the answers in Jesus Name we pray amen!
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@ryanflanagan9624
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified [a]freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, romans 3:23-24
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. romans 6:23
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
john 14:6-7 amen
to the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
john 8:31-36
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should [a]not perish but have eternal life For God so loved the world that He gave His One and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in The Name of God’s One and only Son And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God john 3:13-21
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life john 8:12 amen
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
john 11:25-27
Jesus’ Message of love and salvation for all. Jesus died on the cross and rose again on the third day and by the shedding of His blood our sins are forgiven. God is holy God is love. all sin and fall short of God’s glory and the wages of sin is death. all who serve sin are slaves to sin leading to death but while we were still sinners Christ Jesus died for us so that we may be saved from sin, death and hell and have life everlasting with God and Jesus forevermore. The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior now and forevermore. believe in Jesus and be saved, declare with mouth Jesus is Lord, believe in heart that God raised Him from dead you are saved, walk in the newness of light and life as Jesus is The Light and Life and Resurrection of the world. ask The Holy Spirit to guide you now in Jesus Name we pray amen, read God’s Word in The Bible His everlasting perfect whole flawless Word as Jesus is The Living Word, pick it up and see how it changes your life, john 1,3,14 romans 3,5,6,8,10 psalms revelation luke galatians philippians ephesians are all good places to start. if you have any questions let me know and i will help as best as i can with God’s guidance in The Holy Spirit. Jesus has all the answers in Jesus Name we pray amen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qM8HnPlmCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yBzIt_z8oY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TkUMJtK5k
@ryanflanagan9624
Jesus loves you! He died on the cross and rose again and by His blood our sins are forgiven. all sin and fall short of God's glory and all are justified by faith in Jesus. the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. declare with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believing in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you are saved in Jesus Name we pray amen do you believe in Jesus, are you saved? God Jesus The Holy Spirit love you!
Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords The Prince of peace The Only Name to save amen
If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, 10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you wholeThis is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” acts 4:9-12
And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND
LORD OF LORDS.
revelation 19:16
But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only [a]Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
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1 timothy 6:11-16 ask The Holy Spirit to guide you in Jesus Name we pray amen
@ryanflanagan9624
Jesus died on the cross and rose again to save us from death and gives us life, there is no greater love than this. why reject so great a love and salvation? Jesus loves you!
ask The Holy Spirit to guide you in God's perfect Word as Jesus is The Living Word in Jesus Name we pray amen Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before [a]God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second [b]death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:11-15
Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, [a]John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said [b]to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
6 And He said to me, “It[c] is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes [d]shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, [e]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Revelation 21:1-8
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i encourage you to read your Bible, ask The Holy Spirit to guide you and see how it changes your life
Therefore if there is any [a]consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.2 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it [a]robbery to be equal with God, 7 but [b]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11philippians 2:1-11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father
@cooldebendra
Maybe he just feels lonely! To imagine that a monster/ghost/shadows/fear can also be lonely is such mindblowing to me. You are really good Benee!!!
@maryamashraf5547
c a s s i d y it’s “he” BENEE is a she but in the song she calls the monster a “he”
@lunalovegood932
@@maryamashraf5547 oop my dumb self
@sariaashani
Maybe he's ~supalonely~
@eddieperez8111
@@sariaashani STOP😂
@angelricchi1321
Not a new concept really, pretty sure the frankenstein monster also suffered from supaloneliness
@lesleylucena5157
I love how different her music is. I’m so glad I found such a wonderful artist.
@ash-n-joker
Agreed
@faizvalenza
Imagine your getting tired outside and finally you came home, laying down at your bedroom and this song came up on a radio! Such a calm vibe.. 🤙🏽
@citrus4419
Fz Valenza damn what station??