Cosmo Jarvis

Released: November 16, 2009

Songwriter: Cosmo Jarvis

Producer: Cosmo Jarvis

I see you smiling like you’re fine
Yeah, that’s pretty rock and roll
And I know you’ve had to cover
Up the screams made by your soul
Such a tragic event, no other way to say
Man, I missed you like I knew you
They should’ve let you play

One more day, one more day
I’ll be there too with you

I wanna be gone like you but I’m so scared to say it
I wanna be gone like you but I’m so scared to say it
I wanna be gone like you, I wanna be gone like you

On the street I sit and listen
To the tattoo you gave me
It’ll be on show forever
Can’t help you but you help me
But if that’s what makes it better
Then maybe I should take the risk
And be like you for-maybe-ever
All the ladies would insist

You are missed, you are missed
I’ll be there too with you

I wanna be gone like you but I’m so scared to say it
I wanna be gone like you but I’m so scared to say it
I wanna be gone like you, I wanna be gone like you

I wanna be gone, I wanna be gone
I wanna be gone just like you
I wanna be gone, I wanna be gone
I wanna be gone just like you
I wanna be gone, I wanna be gon
I wanna be gone just like you
I wanna be gone, I wanna be gone
I wanna be gone just like you

I wanna be gone like you but I’m so scared to say it
I wanna be gone like you but I’m so scared to say it
I wanna be gone like you, I wanna be gone like you

Critic, journalist, sometime musician, onetime actor, and full-time Midwesterner Mark Deming provides a discographic-based biography for Cosmo Jarvis:

“Singer, songwriter, and filmmaker Cosmo Jarvis has earned a devoted following for his witty, often satiric tunes about the foibles of relationships and contemporary life, often rooted in personal experience, as well as his own self-produced videos and short subjects that have given his work a global online audience. Harrison Cosmo Krikoryan Jarvis was born on September 1, 1989 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Jarvis' family relocated to the United Kingdom when he was young, and he grew up in Devon in Southwest England. Jarvis began writing songs when he was only 12 years old, around the same time he began making short films using a VHS video camera. While Jarvis' early videos were little more than documentation of pranks played with his friends, with time he began constructing more complex narratives, and similarly his songs began to evolve, ranging from folk-inspired acoustic guitar pieces and elaborate pop tunes to tongue-in-cheek hip-hop tracks.

At the age of 16, Jarvis quit school to focus on his creative work, and in 2009 he wrote and produced his debut album, an 18-song set called Humasyouhitch/Sonofabitch, which was released by the British indie label Wall of Sound. The album combined Jarvis' observational tunes with a cycle of songs reflecting the emotional turmoil of his parents' stormy relationship. Humasyouhitch/Sonofabitch received enthusiastic notices from the British music press, but it didn’t sell especially well, and Jarvis teamed with 25th Frame for his second release, Is the World Strange or Am I Strange? A track from the album, “Gay Pirates,” became an Internet sensation after Jarvis' low-budget video for the song was endorsed in a Twitter post by actor and author Stephen Fry, and subsequent airplay helped make the second album a commercial success. While continuing to tour, write songs, and record music, Jarvis has also been writing and directing a feature film, provisionally titled The Naughty Room. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi"

more tracks from the album

Humasyouhitch / Sonofabitch

From the album

Humasyouhitch / Sonofabitch (2009)

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Humasyouhitch / Sonofabitch