‘Husk’ is the fourth single released from ‘Momentum’, Keaton Henson’s first studio album since 2016’s ‘Kindly Now’.
On the song, Keaton explains
Husk is about waking up and realising that you’ve aged. That time, the traitor, has taken from you your best years, the ones where your bones didn’t ache...
[Verse 1]
It seems like yesterday
You took my breath away
How could the world still turn?
We're not what we thought we were
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Must you be leavin' so soon, so soon, so soon, oh?
I was just fallin' for you, for you, for you
I'm sorry I'm late, I was ablaze
I was just starting on hopin' you'd stay
Must you be leavin' so soon, soon?
[Chorus]
The death of a century
Has sunken its teeth in me
How the hands of the clock
Are beating to death
Our memory
[Verse 2]
I'm older than the man
I was when I began
What use is breathing in
If I'm nothing more than skin?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Must you be leavin' so soon, so soon, so soon, oh?
I was just fallin' for you, for you, for you now
I held my tongue when we were young
Holdin' my horses but jumpin' the gun
I must be aging now too, too
[Chorus]
The death of a century
Has sunken its teeth in me
How the hands of the clock
Are beating to death
Our memories
[Outro]
Must you be leaving so soon, so soon, so soon?
Husk was written by Keaton Henson.
Husk was produced by Luke Smith & Keaton Henson.
Keaton Henson released Husk on Fri Oct 23 2020.