Counting Stars Plus Monster. (Lief and Viva version)

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Viva:
I'm friends with the monster. 

Both:
Beside my bed. 

Viva:
Get along with the voices

Both:
Inside my head. 

Viva:
They're trying to say to me

Both:
"Stop holding your breathe." 

Viva:
And you think I'm crazy, Yeah you think I'm crazy, 

Lief:  
I've seen this life. 
Like a swinging vine. 
Swing my heart across the line. 
And in my faces is flashing signs. 
Seeking out and he'll shall find. 
Old. 

Both: 
But I'm not the old. 

Lief: 
Young

Both: 
But I'm not that bold. 

Lief: 
And I don't think this world is sold. 
Just doing what we're told. 

Viva: 
And I feel something so wrong, 

Both: 
Doing the right thing. 

Viva: 
And I feel something so right. 

Both: 
Doing the wrong thing. 

Viva: 
Cause I'm friends with the monster

Both: 
Beside my bed. 

Viva: 
Get along with the voices. 

Both: 
Inside my head!

Viva: 
They're trying to say to me

Both: 
"Stop holding you breath."

Viva: 
And you think I'm crazy, yeah you think I'm crazy. 
Well that's not fair!

Lief: 
(sings the notes) 

Viva: 
Well that's not fair!

Lief: 
(keeps singing the notes; sings the song) 
I feel your love, and I feel it burn

Both: 
Down this river, every turn. 

Lief: 
Hope is out in every word. 
Take that money, watch it burn
Old, but I'm not that old. 
Young, but I'm not that bold. 

Both: 
And I don't think the world is sold. 

Viva: 
Just doing what we're told!

Lief: 
I feel something so right, 
Doing the wrong thing. 
And I feel something wrong
doing the right thing. 

Viva: 
Cause I'm friends with the monster

Both: 
Beside my bed. 

Viva: 
Get along with the voices. 

Both: 
Inside my head!

Viva: 
They're trying to say to me

Both: 
"Stop holding you breath."

Viva: 
And you think I'm crazy, yeah you think I'm crazy. 
Well that's not fair!

Lief: 
(sings the notes) 

Viva: 
Well that's not fair!

Lief: 
(keeps singing the notes; sings the song) 
Oh, take that money, watch it burn, sink into the river of the lessons i've learn.  
take that money, watch it burn, sink into the river of the lessons i've learn.  

Both:
take that money, watch it burn, sink into the river of the lessons i've learn.  
take that money, watch it burn,

Viva: 
Burn! I'm friends with the monster

Both: 
Beside my bed. 
Get along with the voices. 
Inside my head!
They're trying to say to me
"Stop holding you breath."
And you think I'm crazy, yeah you think I'm crazy. 

Viva:
Well that's not fair!

Lief: 
(sings the notes) 

Viva: 
Well that's not fair!

Lief: 
take that money, watch it burn, sink into the river of the lessons i've learn.  

Both: 
take that money, watch it burn, sink into the river of the lessons i've learn.  


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