Small Hands was released in 2010 on Henson’s album “Dear….” The song soliloquies his feelings and regrets after a break up. He reflects on all the small things he remembers and misses about his ex-lover.
Miss you terribly already
Miss the space between your eyelids
Where I'd stare through awkward sentences
And void through awkward silence
Miss your teeth when they chatter
When we smoked out in my garden
When we couldn't sleep for all the heat
Soft talk began to harden
Miss your small hands in the palm of mine
The fact they're good at making
Miss you sitting up incessantly
And the fact you're always waking in the night
The night
And I
I hope for your life
You forget about mine
Forget about mine
Miss your teeth dug in my shoulder
As we rolled in early morning
Miss your arm dying beneath me
As I lay there, simply yawning
Please forget me, you were right dear
I am cold and self-involved
And though I'll miss you, recent lover
I am weak and therefore fold
Get distracted by my music
Think of nothing else but art
I'll write my loneliness in poems
If I can just think how to start
Dot my I's with eyebrow pencils
Close my eyelids, hide my eyes
I'll be idle in my ideals
Think of nothing else but I
I, I
And I
And I
I hope for your life
You can forget about mine
Just forget about mine
Oh, mine
Mine
Small Hands was written by Keaton Henson.
Small Hands was produced by Jacques Jenkins & Keaton Henson.
Keaton Henson released Small Hands on Mon Nov 29 2010.