Cosmo Jarvis

Released: September 26, 2011

Songwriter: Cosmo Jarvis

Producer: Cosmo Jarvis

[Verse 1]
Jupiter's falling again
Aliens talking, join them
Sit with the decaf and smile
Can't understand them for a while

Jupiter's falling, don't know why
Telescope don't work - use your eyes
We got to save them, before
We never meet them, let them knock on your door

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, won't you save us please?
Our planet's dead
We need your help
Or we'll try Mars instead

[Chorus]
Jupiter's falling and Earth's gotta catch it
'Cause Jupiter would do it for us
Jupiter's falling and Earth's gotta catch it
'Cause Jupiter would do it for us

[Verse 2]
Jupiter's falling because
Saturn's big knife rings showed no love
Lock them away to the human race
They must be so scared out in space

Jupiter's falling, no one deserves that
Never attacked us, put out your welcome mat
Assume they drink beer and eat
Make them a meal, give them a seat

[Pre-Chorus + Chorus]

[Bridge]
I like everyone on earth so far
And the weather is better than Venus or Mars
And your women look better
Much better in the pouring rain

On my planet, people don't kill each other
We get on with one another
But your women look better
With that aside, we're basically exactly the same

[Chorus] x2

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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Is The World Strange or Am I Strange?

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Is The World Strange or Am I Strange? (2011)

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