[Verse 1]
It's gonna be too hot to breathe today
But everybody is out here on the streets
Somebody's opened up a fire hydrant
Cold water rushing out in sheets
Some kid in a Marcus Allen jersey
Asks me for a cigarette
Companionship is where you find it
So I take what I can get

[Chorus 1]
Hubcaps on the cars like fun house mirrors
Stick to the shadows when I can
Lovecraft in Brooklyn

[Verse 2]
When the sun goes down, the armies of the voiceless
Several hundred-thousand strong
Come out without their bandages
Their voices raised in song
And when the street lights sputter out
They make this awful sizzling sound
I cast my gaze toward the pavement
Too many blood stains on the ground

[Chorus 2]
Rhode Island drops into the ocean
No place to call home anymore
Lovecraft in Brooklyn
[Bridge]
Head outside most everyday
To try to keep the wolves away
Imagine nice things I might say
If company should come

[Verse 3]
Woke up afraid of my own shadow
Like, genuinely afraid
Headed for the pawnshop
To buy myself a switchblade
Someday something's coming
From way out beyond the stars
To kill us while we stand here
It'll store our brains in Mason jars

[Chorus 3]
And then the girl behind the counter
She asks me how I feel today
I feel like Lovecraft in Brooklyn

[Outro]
Yeah