God Is My Co-Pilot is a queercore band from New York City that has been rec… Read Full Bio ↴God Is My Co-Pilot is a queercore band from New York City that has been recording and playing since 1991. Their music has been variously described as experimental, noise rock, hardcore punk and avant jazz. Stay Free zine said of the music, "We hear a new sound, 'free punk' we'll call it." The band themselves disliked that phrase, preferring not to classify their music at all.

The two main members are Sharon Topper, vocalist, and Craig Flanagin, guitar. The band is often joined by guest musicians such as John Zorn, Jad Fair, and many others. Members have included Fly on high-end bass, Daria Klotz on low-end bass and Fredrik Haake on drums. They have toured and played with bands such as Melt-Banana, a noise rock group from Japan.

The band's lyrics frequently address themes of sexuality and gender. The band states, "...We're co-opting rock, the language of sexism, to address gender identity on its own terms of complexity...", in their song "We Signify". They occasionally sing in languages other than English; some of their output has been in French, Yiddish, German and Finnish, among others.They are extremely prolific and have released many recordings, all on independent record labels.

In 1993 alone, GodCo issued nearly ten separate releases, in a variety of formats (the full-length live CD Tight Like Fist, the EP When This You See Remember Me, and the cassette-only What Doctors Don't Tell You) on a string of different labels (including Knitting Factory Works, Dark Beloved Cloud and Shrimper, respectively). In 1994, their long affiliation with John Zorn's Jewish Culture Series resulted in the release of Mir Shlufn Nisht, a straightforward collection of traditional Hebrew and Yiddish songs; in keeping with the Orthodox directive that the word "God" not be written down, the group even altered their name to read G-d Is My Co-Pilot. By 1995, along with usual flurry of new releases, they also began collecting early singles and EPs with the two-volume set The History of Music; other notable subsequent releases included 1995's Puss 02, 1996's The Best of God Is My Co-Pilot and 1997's Excuse Me, Don't Squeeze Me, a collaboration with Melt-Banana. Get Busy followed in 1998.

Comfort
God Is My Co-Pilot Lyrics

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You'll never be alone.
I can never comfort you,
because when you cry
I cry.

When yr angry,
it makes me mad at you.
And when you hate me,

I cry.

If you ever leave me
for another woman
or stop liking me
I'll kill you.

I can never comfort you:
when you're frightened,
it scares me.
And if you ever hurt me

I'll kill you.

Overall Meaning

In God Is My Co-Pilot's "Comfort," the lyrics revolve around the theme of an intense and somewhat obsessive love. The singer is clearly deeply connected to the person they are addressing, to the point where they feel what this person feels to an intense degree. Despite this connection, however, the singer is unable to provide comfort to the person they love, because their emotions are too strong and too tied up in the other person's own feelings. This results in a cycle where the singer is just as affected by the other person's emotions as the other person is themselves.

The lyrics become more extreme as the song progresses, with the singer expressing anger and even a desire for violence if the other person were to leave them or hurt them. The end result is a portrait of a love that is all-consuming and overwhelming, but ultimately unable to provide true comfort or support. The intensity of the lyrics and the power of the emotions they describe make this a powerful and memorable song that digs deep into the darker side of love and relationships.

Line by Line Meaning

You'll never be alone.
I promise to always be there for you and support you through everything.

I can never comfort you, because when you cry I cry.
I empathize with your pain so deeply that it's difficult for me to offer comfort because I am right there feeling what you feel.

When yr angry, it makes me mad at you. And when you hate me, I cry.
Your anger towards me frustrates and hurts me, but when you reach a point where you hate me it is truly heartbreaking and I can't help but cry.

If you ever leave me for another woman or stop liking me I'll kill you.
The thought of you choosing someone else over me or losing affection for me is so devastating that it brings out an intense, irrational fear within me.

I can never comfort you: when you're frightened, it scares me. And if you ever hurt me I'll kill you.
If you're scared, my own fear instinct kicks in and I am unable to offer solace. And if you ever intentionally hurt me, it ignites a fiery, protective reaction within me.

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