Cosmo Jarvis

Breaking the curfew I'm almost home to you
I can't wait to talk again, find freedom at the end
'Cause death is closer to the life we loved
Everyone's the same everything is gray
Wouldn't bet on anything except that if you will sing
You won't be jailed 'cause you expressed too much

Starting our fines and they gave us chump
A public negativity, this is a nice country
A perfect system can't be criticised
Wife and kids at home never been alone
Microphones in every room, crossed the land
That's true, it's an offence to say you hate your life

I left a package on the train downtown
That little package bring the whole thing down
I left a package on the train downtown
That little package bring the whole thing down

Every lie must be out so they can see
Your awaking questioning the way of things
You see these questions spread like ripples do
Every month that end seems to start again
Your purpose is to earn your means but they can't beat dreams
Don't want you throw 'em where you don't need too

Get a licence too, have a barbeque, social interaction, die
'Cause deep inside we only know this is against our will
Breaking the curfew almost home to you, you're the only ones I love
Can't grow up, side of suffocating box and bills

I left a package on the train downtown
That little package bring the whole thing down
I left a package on the train downtown
That little package bring the whole thing down

Our hands are busy 'cause our hearts are dying
'Cause our hands were tied

I left a package on the train downtown
That little package bring the whole thing down
I left a package on the train downtown
That little package bring the whole thing down
I left a package on the train downtown

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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