the Mountain Goats - Lovecraft In Brooklyn (Jordan Lake Sessions)

the Mountain Goats play “Lovecraft In Brooklyn” for "the Jordan Lake Sessions". Recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on August 8 & 9, 2020
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LYRICS
Gonna be too hot to breath today
But everybody is out here on the streets
Somebody has opened up the 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
Lovecraft on the Car Length fun house mirrors
Lovecraft in Brooklyn
Well the sun goes down
The armies of the voiceless
Several Hundred-thousand strong
Come without their bandages
Their voices raised in songs
When the street lights sputter out
They make this awful sizzling sound
I cast my gaze towards the pavement
Too many blood stains on the ground
Rhode Island drops into the Ocean
No place to call home anymore
Lovecraft in Brooklyn
Head outside most everyday to try to keep the wolves away
In every set of self if copenation come
woke up afraid of my own shadow
Like, Genuinely afraid
headed for the pawnshop
To buy myself a switchblade
Someday somethings coming
From way out beyond the stars
To kill us while we stand here
It will store our brains in mason jar
And then the girl behind the counter asks "How do you feel today?" and I say "I feel like Lovecraft in Brooklyn!"
Yeah!
#theMountainGoats #LovecraftInBrooklyn #JordanLakeSessions

[@catiec3020]

the Barefoot In The Studio energy radiating off this song is.........Palpable

[@frankjg1239]

He wasn't wearing his boots but it was still a good showing 🤔

[@Scp716creativecommons]

Palatable even; feel the pulse!

[@treckogalico6966]

The band really kicking ass in these sessions

[@jrresttucherweizen639]

The drummer on the Jordan Lake sessions is phenomenal 👌

[@evanr5345]

I don't trust any human who can't relate to this song

[@smithhenke5049]

this version has such a different vibe from the album version and it's so cool!

[@moldiworp9143]

should hear the low fi recording of sunset tree, its something else!

[@guiramos3733]

“Woke up afraid of my own shadow” ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ This is so powerful

[@calebdelfs1491]

"Like, GENUINELY AFRAID"

[@oliversale7984]

This was such a blessing being a new tMG fan. What a wildly good song.

[@soepsoep6445]

I agree!!

[@taylorswan8587]

I didn’t get into them until last year. They got me through some of the shit we all shared

[@iuseitToo]

oh man, you have SO much to enjoy! Cherish the ride, John makes such great music but he's such a rad human too. I don't think any other musician has affected me as much as John has.

[@majorboogie5287]

I'm so jealous

[@trevsion]

@@taylorswan8587 WELCOME FRIEND ❤

[@waltrz]

"It's gonna be too hot to breathe today." Is a hilarious opening line to sing while wearing a mask.

[@bear_6875]

beloved mountain goats, just take my money already and give me a vinyl release of all 4 sessions.

[@maloghurst2741]

This was the song that hooked me to mountain goats. The Aesop rock version. I said who is that singer? And mountain goats have been my favorite band ever since.

[@ppppppqqqppp]

yo check out Aes's track Coffee if you haven't, it has John doing a verse at the end

[@Sam-hk6gr]

If they ever make a movie of The City We Became this should be on the soundtrack

[@incredabbles]

This is one of my favourite songs, such a joy to see it played live 😊

[@gooplick1796]

Ahh I love these

[@dimethylhexane]

i love the official mountain goats youtube channel just copying the wrong lyrics from google

[@JoGrant-dq8ob]

I can't believe john doesn't have a page on wikifeet

[@Pixel-Jam]

doing it rn

[@majorboogie5287]

Dude hell yes! One of his most intense songs.

[@BirchTree66]

Who is the 1 person who disliked this? Madness.

[@DrewBeeVlogs]

my god this is a phenomenal performance!

[@avalanchegent5529]

You guys are amazing, keep up the great work! :D

[@mango_cubes]

Absolute favorite tMG track

[@dean-in-trenchcoat536]

Mmm delicious thank u!!!

[@drunkpikachu420]

This is even better than the one on the record

[@taylorswan8587]

Fuckin incredible

[@corbomg]

2:23

[@sithspitdanikan4725]

I got abducted by aliens and/ or drugged in Providence during/ after Lovecraft's "125 birthday party". It's a great place, i highly recommend visiting if you want to become possessed or some shit.

[@corbomg]

bet thx

[@sithspitdanikan4725]

Also, if you look at a map of UFO sightings in Massachusetts, there are a strange number of them in and around P r o v i d e n c e

[@bcurtis363]

I want to like this but I feel like I shouldn’t with triple six…🤔

[@romeisburning6739]

This is cool bro but uh have you ever tried like uh mildly questioning the CDC

[@ppppppqqqppp]

It's interesting that you think that questioning something will always lead to the conclusion you've already made, is it not?
How do we not know that he hasn't and has instead questioned it and then decided that even a slight chance at reducing transmission is worth the cost/benefit of being mildly uncomfortable?
I want to engage with you in good faith here, but I have to ask the same from you.

[@willshogren1987]

He takes his mask off and starts shouting right off the bat.

[@ConnieFWill]

it's funny because the CDC have been consistently rolling back protective measures at the behest of corporate business interests who want to guarantee market activity with no regard for public health, and wouldn't you know it I find these decisions highly questionable. It was never about what the CDC says, I don't want people to face lifelong disability and death due to a preventable illness.