New Monster Avenue

[Verse 1: John Darnielle]

Shadows on the broad lawn, canopy of trees

Sometime after midnight, the ground is gonna freeze

Birds in the frosty air, what are they doing there?

[Verse 2]

Greenhouse full of butcher's broom, breezes at my back

Some time before the sun comes up, the earth is gonna crack

I look down at my hands like they were mirrors

[Verse 3]

Fresh coffee at sunrise, warm my lips against the cup

Been waiting such a long time now, my number's finally coming up

All the neighbors come on out to their front porches, waving torches