Joshua Karpeh (born January 30, 1993), known professionally as Cautious Cla… Read Full Bio ↴Joshua Karpeh (born January 30, 1993), known professionally as Cautious Clay, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Karpeh was born on January 30, 1993, in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated with a degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University in 2015. Karpeh worked as a real estate agent in New York City for two years and in advertising for a year before pursuing music full-time.

Karpeh learned music production at GW University by remixing beats for friends. His music style is influenced by hip-hop, organic and electronic sounds. He plays multiple instruments including the saxophone, flute, guitar, bass, keyboard and drums.

Known by his stage name Cautious Clay, Karpeh, on September 22, 2017 released "Cold War", the first single from his debut EP Blood Type, which was first released on February 21, 2018, and then re-released on April 13, 2018 with the additional single "Stolen Moments".

Karpeh's second EP Resonance, was first released on May 30, 2018 and then re-released on August 22, 2018 with the additional song "Crowned". His third EP Table of Context, was released on March 27, 2019.

Karpeh played at the 2019 Billy Reid Shindig in Florence, Alabama. He will also feature on the soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why: Season 3 with the song "Swim Home". Swim Home is one of two collaborations with John Mayer, the other is "Carry Me Away", featured on Table of Context.

"Cold War" was sampled on the song "London Boy" for Taylor Swift's seventh studio album Lover (2019).

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Cautious Clay Lyrics

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Yeah, yeah

Not a single fucking day goes by
Stay messing up a 9 to 5 (ohh)
Water running like the way you cry
I be honest 'cause I'm not too shy (yeah)

But there's something 'bout your loving

Got me shook, got me shaken up
I know things ain't too much by the book
Pages tearing up (ohh)

Couldn't even tell if you had a plan
Now phasing in and out of love
If you want to stay out
You could only blame me
If you wanna call it off without a trace
But you fuck with me in case I'm holding out
Rather be chasing broken trust

It's something 'bout the way you love
But I'm so tired of the dance and song, yeah, yeah
Keeping moving at a pace too strong
Too tough to let you go

So I ain't gotta let you know it's nothing
So I ain't gotta let you know

Something 'bout your loving
Got me shook, got me shaken up (got me shaken up)
I know things ain't too much by the book
Pages tearing up

(Something 'bout your love)
Something 'bout your love
It got me shook, got me shaken up
(Something 'bout your love)
I know this ain't too much by the book

Pages tearing up, ohh

You got me, got me shaken up

Line by Line Meaning

Not a single fucking day goes by
Every day passes and I'm still struggling

Stay messing up a 9 to 5 (ohh)
I'm frequently failing at my job

Water running like the way you cry
The sound of water is like the sound of your crying

I be honest 'cause I'm not too shy (yeah)
I speak truthfully because I'm not too timid

But there's something 'bout your loving
There's something unique about the way you love

Got me shook, got me shaken up
It's messing with my head and emotions

I know things ain't too much by the book
Our relationship isn't exactly what's expected

Pages tearing up (ohh)
Things are falling apart

Couldn't even tell if you had a plan
I couldn't figure out if you had a plan for us

Now phasing in and out of love
We're experiencing an unstable relationship

If you want to stay out
If you want to break up

You could only blame me
It would be my fault

If you wanna call it off without a trace
If you want to end things without explanation

But you fuck with me in case I'm holding out
But you're staying with me just in case I change my mind

Rather be chasing broken trust
I'd rather be pursuing a relationship that doesn't have trust

It's something 'bout the way you love
There's something special about the way you love

But I'm so tired of the dance and song, yeah, yeah
I'm so exhausted by this cycle

Keeping moving at a pace too strong
Our relationship is moving too quickly

Too tough to let you go
It's too hard to end our relationship

So I ain't gotta let you know it's nothing
I don't have to tell you it's not your fault

Something 'bout your loving
There's something different about the way you love

Got me shook, got me shaken up (got me shaken up)
It's messing with my head and emotions

I know things ain't too much by the book
Our relationship isn't exactly what's expected

Pages tearing up, ohh
Things are falling apart

Something 'bout your love
There's something special about the way you love

It got me shook, got me shaken up
It's messing with my head and emotions

I know this ain't too much by the book
Our relationship isn't exactly what's expected

Pages tearing up, ohh
Things are falling apart

You got me, got me shaken up
You're causing me to be emotional and unstable

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: Josh Karpeh, Nolan Lambroza, Tobias Macdonald Jesso

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