Keaton Henson - Career Day Lyrics

Keaton Henson Lyrics

"Career Day"

I'm an astronaut, baby
I work in the night
I'm a certain kinda crazy
I live in my mind
I'm a deep sea diver
I find ways to breathe
I'm deep under cover
I don't look like me

I'm paper-thin
I'm paper-thin
I'm paper-thin
Just break me in

I'm a part-time mortician
I cannot shake death
And I'm an aging physician
Ain't got much healin' left
I'm a character actor
I feed myself a line
But it leaves me pretty good at
Pretending I'm fine

I'm paper-thin
I'm paper-thin
I'm paper-thin
Just break me in

I'm a struggling comedian
I can't find the laughs
I'm a poor mathematician
I do things by halves
I'm a weekday dancer
Can't kick the movement from my shoes
I'm a heartless casino
I win when you lose

I'm paper-thin
I'm paper-thin
I'm paper-thin
Just break me in

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Thanks to Keenan, Peter for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Keaton Henson

"Career Day" is Keaton Henson's first new music since 2016's "Kindly Now" album.

The footage for the song's video was filmed by Keaton Henson when he was a child. He told about it, "The video is a collection of often abstracted shots from deeply personal home videos. I just liked the idea of hearing an ageing weary man, singing about his failings over distorted shots of his childhood, and how it colours those captured gleeful moments with the sadness of the passage of time."

album: "Monument" (2020)

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"Career Day" lyrics

Keaton Henson Lyrics