Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Monsters [Barrel of Monkeys]

Our Final stop on our Sarah McLachlan tour is Monsters, which was on the Shine On album (2014)



I've chosen this as the final song because it shocked me.

My Sarah McLachlan journey 100% centres around her albums between 1994 and 2005. I certainly continued listening to them well beyond 2005. But her "newer" albums (between 2006 and 2016) mean very little to me. I've probably given them all a cursory listen, but I know for sure it cannot have been more than once or twice (if that).

When I started looking for songs for this challenge, I already knew that the first two albums would be mostly ignored. However, I don’t think I anticipated having four more recent albums that would also hold very little for me.

Given that I'm writing this for WDC—a website I used to love but then disappeared from—the similarities struck me as something I need to explore but not overthink

More specifically, I've chosen Monsters because when I played it, I instantly recognised it, but I cannot think why. And I don't mean from the album but from somewhere else.

It used to be that whenever I would hear a Sarah McLachlan song (on the radio or TV, I would immediately recognise it and point it out.

I think I have heard Monsters somewhere and not realised what it was.

So, it would seem that I have four albums to explore!

When we were young
there were always creatures lurking under the bed
A thousand year old dragon lived deep in the lake
and he said don’t be afraid
So you dove in
He seemed so sweet and lovely he made you laugh
and made you forget about the rain
Showed you new tricks on guitar
hidden talents that erases the pain