Cosmo Jarvis

Released: May 15, 2012

Songwriter: Cosmo Jarvis

Producer: Cosmo Jarvis

Im gonna tell you how amazing love is cos that what i’m told you like
And Im gonna describe how a sunset made me cry, yeah right
And Im gonna throw you a shit load of adjectives you can arrange
Into magnificent explanations of why you and your associations are really not so strange

I’m gonna advise that all the small things in your life should all be kept
And ill deliver vague reasons for all your impeachments that you’ll accept
I will paint pictures posing elegantly as scriptures on self help
Reaffirming that yearning for riches won't always get you what you know as wealth

But what of today?
And I know the horizon seems miles away
But your already on the line
You been standing there for such a long long long long time

Just shut up and look at the sky
Shut up and look at the sky
Just shut up and look at the sky
Shut up and look at the sky

I’m gonna tell you how I sat down in field with a beautiful girl
And the ambiance was so fucking perfect I reassessed my world
I’m gonna need you believe that your soul can be cleansed
And that just for a moment i know you won't think of the bad again

And i’ll yak about beauty and though i know you see through me you’ll agree
With all my beaten up metaphors my clienteles set of whores left on the street
And my words are so vague they can't help but relate to something in you
And ill chisel a fable that makes you feel able to see things through

But what of today?
And I know the horizon seems miles away
But your already on the line
You been standing there for such a long long long long time

Just shut up and look at the sky
Shut up and look at the sky
Just shut up and look at the sky
Shut up and look at the sky

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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