Messy, by Curtis Cooper

Messy

by Curtis Cooper

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Robert Campbell I believe this is an exceptional album . Favorite song? That’s not an easy pick, gun to my head Crazy- but Philly Jelly and Freak Out stand out as well. Not to discount the rest of the songs, I’m talking about a favorite. Few albums are an ‘every song ‘ album, this is one of them. It is diverse in sound as well as style- which keeps you intrigued. It’s actually an adventure . Percs of Life is a vocal championship- yeah, Curtis won a contest he didn’t enter. It’s worth every second of your time. If you get a chance, see him live. I think this album is a statement of Here I Am- listen to me and take note. A great and powerful work of song writing and musicianship. Favorite track: Crazy.

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1.	Freak Out 03:47	lyrics	buy track
FREAK OUT Got a bully and it’s in my head yeah I see a shadow and I know it wants me dead I freaking out now Can’t sleep I’m hypervigilant I start off startled never resistant to noise Every crack an attack Don’t ya know the shadows coming for me yeah You don’t see it so you don’t believe But I swear and I dare to say that I’m not scared My heart is pumping and my body’s on fire My heart is jumping don’t ya call me a liar Gonna drown in the sea of the drugs that I require I’m freaking out yeah I’m freaking out yeah Why so sudden see my jumping about I got a trigger and I’m lashing out, out, out, out, out I’m circling down Climb a roof and throw some bottles off Blacking out looking for a punk to knock out Show me some love I’m freaking out yeah I’m freaking out I’m in a bed I don’t remember sleep no Look at the sheets seems that I have been cut down I’m bleeding out I find a bottle get some ketamine You see me limping but I’m on my feet I’m broken Can I turn this around I’m freaking out yeah I’m freaking out I’m freaking out I’m freaking out Don’t you touch me Don’t look at me
2.	Philly Jelly 03:08	lyrics	buy track
PHILLY JELLY Sights will cut across the sky and hit you in the eyes Yeah you wonder why it calls to you Stay cause I feel pretty enough To hold you over But I, I get so jealous when you leave Cause people treat me like a king (it was your idea) Cause I’m your home Yes me alone Am I not pretty enough for you? Am I not pretty enough for you? Cause I will hold you again You can’t leave me my friend I got all the things you need to smile Cause I’m your home Yes I’m your home And you will die inside of me Yes you will die inside of me Cause I’m your home You think I’m gonna let you get away (no I won’t) No I will be the final place you see (no I won’t) And when you’re gone you don’t leave me I’ll always see you in your dreams Cause I’m your home Yes me alone Am I not pretty enough for you? Am I not pretty enough for you? Cause I will hold you again yeah And you can’t leave me my friend And I got all the things you need to smile Cause I’m your home Yes I’m your home And you will die inside of me Yes you will die inside of me Cause I’m your home And I’m in control
3.	Crazy 03:44	lyrics	buy track
CRAZY I heard your words and I fell fro your lines Trickling out in a voice that's confined to a melody eerie and sweet I was hoping we’d meet The visions I’d made of you through your songs Were fuzzy yet pretty, a beautiful mind All along, you’re a sight for a king Then I heard you sing I think you’re crazy and you think the same I think you’re crazy and you think the same about me Set on a stage lights surrounding your face Band by your side to a friend I confide They’re amazing the songs those eyes and that smile (smile…) And then I said hi The shit that you say and the way that you laugh With your creepy ass voices it all brings me back To the days of my youth when we’d say Whatever we feel I think you’re crazy and you think the same I think you’re crazy and you think the same about me I think you’re crazy and you think the same I think you’re crazy and you think the same about me
4.	Interlude 1 01:35	info	buy track
5.	Percs of Life 04:06	lyrics	buy track
PERCS OF LIFE Time to take away this room Time to take away this room Itchy eyes Losing sight Watch me slink away Time to feel alive again Time to be confined again Stealing dimes Cutting ties Gonna happen to you Time to take away this room Keep my senses in a tomb You numb my brain and body too Time to take away this room Time to take away this room… Live life sober again...
6.	Yeah, No 02:56	lyrics	buy track
YEAH, NO I went out and saw you drunk again We went out to soak and rot Haven’t you caught what it means to hold life It means pain It means pain You’d better lift your eyes Or I’ll watch you die
7.	JKayla 05:09	lyrics	buy track
JKAYLA Rise and shine it’s time to ride to church To kneel and pray and greet the day alert to say goodbye Where the preachers preaching sin Try and sell it again, well just stop this advice Just let me weep in silence with the casket and the body inside Saw the way you lost and found no hope Keep to pills the haze will help you cope (escape escape) You chose to freeze they say it’s peaceful Pleasing to the brain Cause when a body’s working fine but’s got a fucked up mind There’s no god inside There’s only fatal logic and the voice’s yelling “My choice to die” Rise and shine it’s time to go to church… Kneel and pray to start the day alive I could have been you I should have been you
8.	Everyone Loves You 05:40	lyrics	buy track
EVERYONE LOVES YOU Everyone loves you Everyone needs you Lord of this town Fools chase you around Cause everyone loves you Everyone needs you to stay Can’t get you away Away from here Outside the minor world you reign Cause everyone loves you Everyone needs And everyone stays You mold in the bar Your mob never far Ruler of piss Your friends are all shit Still everyone loves you Everyone needs you And everyone stays And everyone loves you Everyone needs you to stay Bum bum bum Do you think about yourself Leaving this waste There’s no need to wait Let’s call it a date I’ll see you at eight And everyone loves you Everyone needs you And everyone stays And everyone stays And everyone loves you Everyone needs you And everyone stays And everyone stays
9.	Everybody's Dying 02:46	lyrics	buy track
EVERYBODY’S DYING Everybody’s dying Yeah everybody’s dying Bodies in the ground Watch and stand around Everybody’s shooting up Falling down Looking in Bleeding out Everybody’s dying Yeah everybody’s dying It could have been you It could have been me I know the thoughts Living in the dark You peice of shit You’re better dead Everybody’s dying Everybody’s dying Everybody’s dying Everybody’s dying Laugh out loud A joker’s sound Must be a trick Our mind is sick Everybody’s dying now Everybody’s dying now Everybody’s dying now Dying now Dying now, everybody’s dying now, everybody’s dying now… Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah dying dying...dead Everybody’s dying now Everybody’s dying now Everybody’s dying now Dying now
10.	Interlude 2 00:57	info	buy track
11.	Is It Real 05:39	lyrics	buy track
IS IT REAL? I was born as a joke Into a backdrop that didn’t know what is love Eternally scared A nail in the stairs No luck on the draw A card dealt by mistake Neighborhoods fucked Got beat down a lot Filled my head with constant violence and rage Took twenty seven years To address the fear Choke the drugs and thoughts of suicide Now I feel stronger But I strung you along I’m sorry, I thought that I could love too I guess that I lied Still dead inside How can I love if I’ve never seen love before I’ve never seen love before… Take a look into what I’m thinking Step inside my head I’m thinking die I feel insane Take a look into what I’m thinking Cut into my brain Take out a slice I want this the most Love this the most To feel good about myself To feel good about myself Cause it’s not safe inside my head No it’s not safe inside my head But I feel good about myself Yeah I will feel good about myself Yeah I will feel good about myself I feel good (end with the harmonic minor because it’s unsure)

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This is like the most self-indulgent thing I've ever done, I was really in a bad mindset and got all the negativity out of me and into this record. It's kind of me just complaining angrily for a half hour BUT if you like it, I'm glad!

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released November 13, 2017

All songs written and arranged by Curtis Cooper
Engineered by Scott Stitzer and Nick Barnes
Produced by Scott Stitzer
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe

Curtis Cooper - vox, guitar, synth, drums track 11, whistle
Jack Zaferes - bass
Scott Stitzer - drums, synth, percussion, mad scientist

Mastered by Ryan Schwabe
Album art by Erik Savage

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Curtis Cooper Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

My name is Curtis, this is my music

sad / happy songs

discography

Mostly Love Songs

Feb 2023
Graceful

Jun 2019
Messy

Nov 2017
Laughing In Line

Jan 2016

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