Cosmo Jarvis

Released: November 16, 2009

Songwriter: Cosmo Jarvis

Producer: Cosmo Jarvis

[Verse]
The world’s a big place for a little guy
You can beat bad dreams but you have to try
Everybody’s just speaking like they know you
It’s been happening for years, no it’s nothing new
Just another dead fish in an oil spill
If the oil don’t get you then the birds will
We need to live for something even if it’s wrong
‘Cause living ain’t enough to want to carry on

[Chorus]
Don’t waste your love on hating
Don’t hold your love in fists
Don’t ever think that anything
Is something that a lonely stroll can’t fix
'Cause there’s nothing that a lonely stroll can’t fix

[Verse]
There’s a ton of good souls where you never looked
So tell me good sir, is your funeral booked?
All your friends may drift and maybe some will sink
But you can clear your sick mind with just a couple of drinks
Just another lost kid in an airport
And he was so damn close to getting on board
To worry is to hold up your white flag
Everybody gonna take you, gonna give you back

[Chorus]
Don’t waste your love on hating
Don’t hold your love in fists
Don’t ever think that anything
Is something that a lonely stroll can’t fix
'Cause there’s nothing that a lonely stroll can’t fix
And again

[Chorus]
Don’t waste your love on hating
Don’t hold your love in fists
Don’t ever think that anything
Is something that a lonely stroll can’t fix
'Cause there’s nothing that a lonely stroll can’t fix
There’s nothing that a lonely stroll can’t fix

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