Monkey Wrench

What have we done with innocence
It disappeared with time, it never made much sense
Adolescent resident
Wasting another night on planning my revenge
One in ten
Dont want to be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
Id rather leave than suffer this
Ill never be your monkey wrench
All this time to make amends
What do you do when all your enemies are friends
Now and then Ill try to bend
Under pressure wind up snapping in the end
One in ten
Dont want to be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
Id rather leave than suffer this
Ill never be your monkey wrench
One last thing before I quit
I never wanted any more than I could fit
Into my head I still remember every single word
You said and all the shit that somehow came along with it
Still theres one thing that comforts me since I was
Always caged and now Im free
Dont want to be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
Id rather leave than suffer this
Ill never be your monkey wrench
Dont want to be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Dont want to be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Dont want to be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Dont want to be your monkey wrench

The song "Monkey Wrench" by the Foo Fighters is an extended metaphor. In this song the singer is telling of how someone used him and he doesn't appreciate it. In the metaphor "Don't want to be your monkey wrench" the singer compares himself to a monkey wrench, a tool that people can use to fix or undo things. The metaphor is repeated many times to show that he is angry with the way he is treated. His tone is mildly angry which expresses his point in a clearer way. The extended metaphor that he is a monkey wrench helps clearify the message of the song.