A track off of their album Shake My Hand that was created when they called themselves “The Jakes.”
This song in particular is believed to have been written as a cry for help when the band was broke, and unsure what to do with themselves. But, it received significant commercial success, being certif...
[Verse 1]
Life's too short to even care at all, whoa oh-oh
I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control
These fishes in the sea, they're staring at me
Whoa oh-oh, oh, whoa-oh, oh
A wet world aches for a beat of a drum, oh-whoa oh, oh
[Chorus]
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away to some fortune that
I should have found
By now
I'm waiting for this cough syrup
To come down, come down
[Verse 2]
Life's too short to even care at all, oh-whoa, oh
I'm coming up now, coming up now
Out of the blue, oh-oh, oh-oh
These zombies in the park, they're looking for my heart
Oh-whoa, oh, whoa-oh, oh
A dark world aches for a splash of the sun
Oh-whoa oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away, to some fortune that
I should have found
By now
And so I run now to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
I'm waiting for this cough syrup
To come down
[Bridge]
Life's too short to even care at all, oh, whoa-oh
I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away, to some fortune that
I should have found
By now
So I run now to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
I'm waiting for this cough syrup
To come down
[Outro]
One more spoon of cough syrup now, oh, whoa-oh
One more spoon of cough syrup now, whoa, oh, whoa
Cough Syrup was written by Jacob Tilley & Francois Comtois & Eric Cannata & Ehson Hashemian & Sameer Gadhia.
Cough Syrup was produced by Young the Giant & Joe Chiccarelli.
Young the Giant released Cough Syrup on Tue Jul 12 2011.
The song peaked at #95 on Billboard’s Hot 100 on March 10th, 2012, as well as #9 on their Hot Rock Songs Chart on January 12 the same year.