Cosmo Jarvis

(Verse)
Let me tell you
About this place called hopeless bay
Where even with no rays of sun
You still go out and play

(Verse)
And if you want
Your friends will just appear
Yeah they'll be waiting on the perron for you
When suicide is near

(Chorus)
And anyone can come along
When times are sinking low
Hopeless bay can be as real
As the pain that made you go

(Verse)
If you screwed up
If you made some bad mistakes
It's easy to be straight before
For giving hopeless bay

(Verse)
And if you're lost
Then you've been soaked up by the mist
Any place you sit,you'll cherish more
That way you used to miss

(Chorus)
And anyone can come along
When times are sinking low
Hopeless bay can be as real
As the pain that made you go

(Verse)
There is a bench
You can sit on when you lose
And if your ego is bruised you're still
Admired by the view

(Verse)
If you forgot
About the person you should be
In hopeless bay the people know you
Somewhat perfectly

(Chorus)
And anyone can come along
When times are sinking low
Hopeless bay can be as real
As the pain that made you go

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"

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