{"id":56444,"date":"2026-10-31T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=56444"},"modified":"2026-10-31T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:40:01","slug":"monster-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/10\/31\/monster-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Master"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nTwo big monsters&#8230;<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what he called them.<br \/>\nThe biggest stars in the country?<br \/>\nWell, let&#8217;s see what happens<br \/>\nWhen monsters get the master key.<br \/>\n(We shall see&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nBehind the curtain, pulling strings<br \/>\nBuilding castles for the kings<br \/>\nOne writes the rules, one sets the tone<br \/>\nWhile ordinary folks lose ground below<\/p>\n<p>Corrupt power, spewing fear<br \/>\nA loyal voice in every ear<br \/>\nNo need to hide what you command<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;ve got the monster master plan<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s in charge?<br \/>\n(Who&#8217;s pulling the strings?)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s getting rich?<br \/>\n(Who&#8217;s serving the king?)<\/p>\n<p>A government turned upside down<br \/>\nWhile trouble travels town to town<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThe monster&#8217;s master<br \/>\n(Taking us down&#8230;)<br \/>\nFaster and faster<br \/>\n(Just look around)<\/p>\n<p>Shout out<br \/>\n(There is no doubt)<br \/>\nThe monster master<br \/>\n(Is an international disaster)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nVought&#8217;s got the blueprint, Miller&#8217;s got the flame<br \/>\nTwo big monsters in the power game<br \/>\nOne cuts the programs, one draws the line<br \/>\nAnd the boss says everything&#8217;s just fine<\/p>\n<p>Make the headlines, make the rules<br \/>\nTurn the people into fools<br \/>\nDismantle checks, rewrite the script<br \/>\nThen blame the ones who notice it<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nPumped up chaos<br \/>\n(Out of control)<br \/>\nHate and cruelty<br \/>\n(As the headlines roll)<\/p>\n<p>Who needs a conscience?<br \/>\n(Who needs a plan?)<br \/>\nWhen every problem<br \/>\n(Is somebody else&#8217;s hand?)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThe monster&#8217;s master<br \/>\n(Taking us down&#8230;)<br \/>\nFaster and faster<br \/>\n(Just look around)<\/p>\n<p>Shout out<br \/>\n(There is no doubt)<br \/>\nThe monster master<br \/>\n(Is an international disaster)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nHe said, &#8220;I wonder if I should say this&#8221;<br \/>\nAsked his two big monsters for advice<br \/>\n&#8220;They&#8217;re gonna be the biggest stars&#8221;<br \/>\nWhile the rest of us are counting scars<\/p>\n<p>A strange confession, a revealing phrase<br \/>\nA glimpse behind the political haze<br \/>\nWhen leaders boast about the beasts they feed<br \/>\nPerhaps it&#8217;s time to question where they lead<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMonster! (Master!)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s the puppet? (Who&#8217;s the pastor?)<br \/>\nMonster! (Faster!)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s the one who&#8217;s pulling after?<\/p>\n<p>Vought! (Power!)<br \/>\nMiller! (Fire!)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s raising the stakes<br \/>\nAnd who&#8217;s feeding the wire?<\/p>\n<p>Two big monsters<br \/>\n(That&#8217;s what he said)<br \/>\nTwo big stars<br \/>\n(Inside his head)<\/p>\n<p>But who&#8217;s responsible?<br \/>\n(You know who!)<br \/>\nThe one who gives them<br \/>\n(The power to do!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 4]<br \/>\nDemocracy is not a throne<br \/>\nThe country isn&#8217;t yours alone<br \/>\nThe law is not a private tool<br \/>\nAnd public trust is not for fools<\/p>\n<p>Institutions built to stand<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t be toys in any hand<br \/>\nWhen power answers only to power<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s when the people face the darkest hour<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThe monster&#8217;s master<br \/>\n(Taking us down&#8230;)<br \/>\nFaster and faster<br \/>\n(Just look around)<\/p>\n<p>Shout out<br \/>\n(There is no doubt)<br \/>\nThe monster master<br \/>\n(Is an international disaster)<\/p>\n<p>No more monsters<br \/>\n(No more fear!)<br \/>\nNo more silence<br \/>\n(The truth is here!)<\/p>\n<p>No more kings<br \/>\n(No royal class!)<br \/>\nNo more breaking<br \/>\n(What should last!)<\/p>\n<p>The question isn&#8217;t who they are<br \/>\nOr how they became the stars<br \/>\nThe question is who gave them the keys<br \/>\nAnd who&#8217;s accountable for what we see<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nThe monster&#8217;s master<br \/>\n(Taking us down&#8230;)<br \/>\nFaster and faster<br \/>\n(Just look around)<\/p>\n<p>Shout out<br \/>\n(There is no doubt)<br \/>\nThe monster master<br \/>\n(Is an international disaster)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nTwo big monsters!<br \/>\n(So he said!)<br \/>\nTwo big stars!<br \/>\n(In his head!)<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s the master?<br \/>\n(Who&#8217;s to blame?)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s responsible?<br \/>\n(Own the game!)<\/p>\n<p>Monster master&#8230;<br \/>\n(Disaster!)<br \/>\nMonster master&#8230;<br \/>\n(Faster! Faster!)<\/p>\n<p>International disaster!<\/p>\n<p>About the Song<br \/>\nDonald Trump said, &#8220;So I said, I wonder if I should say this. I&#8217;d like a little advice from my two people, my two big monsters that are going to do so well. They&#8217;re going to be the biggest stars in the country in a week&#8221; when referring to Russ Vought and Stephen Miller.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new release of the day is a Halloween ditty titled &#8220;Monster Master,&#8221; inspired by Donald Trump&#8217;s description of Russ Vought and Stephen Miller as his &#8220;two big monsters&#8221; who were going to become &#8220;the biggest stars in the country in a week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the best political satire writes itself. This one&#8217;s about the monsters, the master, and the international disaster unfolding on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Social-Truth\/\">Social Truth<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] Two big monsters&#8230; That&#8217;s what he called them. The biggest stars in the country? Well, let&#8217;s see what happens When monsters get the master key. (We shall see&#8230;) [Verse 1] Behind the curtain, pulling strings Building castles for the kings One writes the rules, one sets the tone While ordinary folks lose ground below [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56474,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56444\/revisions\/56474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}