“Comfort Crowd” is a song about acknowledging the need of friends to get over bad feelings. It follows the success of Conan’s debut EP Sunset Season and is part of his debut album, Kid Krow.
On an Instagram post promoting the track on its day of release, Conan talked about his state while writing t...
[Verse 1]
This hurt that I'm holding's gettin' heavy
But I'ma keep a smile on my shoulders 'til I'm sweaty
Beggin' on my knees
Screamin', "Someone come and help me"
But by the time they're there
I've already hid the body
[Verse 2]
My breath's gettin' short and I'm unsteady
Wellin' up in tears as I lay upon your belly
Telling you, "I'm fine, I don't really need nobody"
But you say through a sigh
That I said that lie already
[Chorus]
I just needed company now
Yeah, I just needed someone around
Yeah, I don't care what song that we play
Or mess that we make
Just company now
[Post-Chorus]
Comfort crowd
Comfort crowd
[Verse 3]
We rot, thinkin' lots about nothing
Yeah, I could spend a lifetime
Sitting here talkin'
And even if I cry all over your body
You don't really mind
Say you like your shirt soggy
[Chorus]
Yeah, I just needed company now
Yeah, I just needed someone around
Yeah, I don't care what song that we play
Or mess that we make
Just company now
[Post-Chorus]
Comfort crowd
Comfort crowd
[Bridge]
We mess around
And laugh too loud
And make the sounds
We try to hide when people are around
By blood we're bound
Through ups and downs
Through smiles and pouts
Comfort crowd
You can always count
[Outro]
Yeah, I just needed company now
Yeah, I just needed someone around
Yeah, I don't care what song that we play
Or mess that we make
Just company now
Comfort crowd
Comfort Crowd was written by Conan Gray.
Comfort Crowd was produced by Dan Nigro.
Conan Gray released Comfort Crowd on Thu Sep 05 2019.
Conan Gray tweeted in November 2019 that “Comfort Crowd” wasn’t a love song.
I’m from a small town in Texas called Georgetown, like an hour away from Austin. And then I moved to LA to go to UCLA. To go from this small town to a massive city with tons of people from all across the world: It was a total realignment of who I was, everything that I wasn’t used to. I was so homes...
On May 27, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Conan Gray posted a one-minute virtual performance of “Comfort Crowd” on his Instagram with the caption:
i just need someone around