Keaton Henson - Charon

Music video by Keaton Henson performing Charon. (C) 2012 Keaton Henson

[@BlackF3ather]

A lot of people write songs about being sad. Keaton Henson songs are what sadness sounds like.

[@astralpriestess20]

I always feel that in his songs his loneliness is palpable, but instead of being empty it's comforting somehow. Like there is immense beauty + understanding in it, too. and this song is one of his best, and the music video brought me to tears. ...

[@astralpriestess20]

***** really really pretty. Thank you for the suggestion

[@stachiano]

you couldn't have said it any better; my sentiments exactly

[@iLOVEpicklesBRO28]

It's beautiful- this song is suicidal depression if I've ever heard it.

[@aaronfranklin2387]

There a reason why you feel comfort from this song and its a thing called universality which means that you can relate to his suffering as your own

[@sunflowerkayah5751]

+aaron franklin. thank u aaron. eternaly greatful for that input

[@Leeland0917]

charon is the gate keeper to the underworld in greek mythology. in order to get there you pay charon "coins" for passage on his boat. But once you are in you can not get out. only few have made it in and out alive and Hercules is one of them who made it in and out of Hades alive. He is saying he is not strong enough to come out alive. Im summarizing so all this might not be entirely accurate but this is the basis of what he is saying. hope that helps.

[@maffeffect3]

Orpheus did too. He charmed Hades and Persephone with his music, so he could bring his wife back from the dead, but lost her forever when he looked back to make sure she was following him. Sisyphos used his trickery and the gods didn't like that at all and made him suffer for eternity, when he died the second time. Moral of the story, no mortal can cheat death, not even the most talented and cunning. And the gods are cunts.

[@emmiepowers4117]

7 years. Hope you’re doing okay

[@heraffuptheshitshaft]

It doesn't actually have to do with Charon as much as it has to do with the statement that he will be dead before you get a chance to get close

[@TheDjer73]

@@heraffuptheshitshaft he knows my story well and we've never even met. 😂

[@luuthaiquangkhai]

His music is freaking depressingly attracting Every single song gets me obsessed

[@imreadydoctor]

Keaton Henson is Jim Henson raised in the forest, but alone and unloved

[@linettesegura9536]

LMAO dude..... this made me spit out my soda LOL

[@sunflowerkayah5751]

hehe, djinns are always bad buisness, dont mind them (;

[@mmmk1616]

Why didn't I think of that! lol

[@nosanitynoworries]

First heard this when I was a teen I stumbled across it while trying to find songs about mythology and it was just there, I was depressed and it helped me feel the emotions I needed at the time, now I am 23, alive with no intent to hurt myself because I worked on not repressing the feelings I had and was able to thwart my attempts to end myself, I do think keaton helped in that.

[@spacewaifuu]

And here I am years after watching In the Flesh, and I´m still so grateful to this beautiful show for introducing me to one of the most emotional music artist I´ve ever heard. Also I´m mad at them because this music makes me feel so bad, fudge you for cancelling third season BBC, fudge you.

[@what7psp]

I am Flesh was fucking amazing and I am an Russian-born American raised. Being Human is my new show, no other american show has touched my soul and made me shed a tear like euro shows and I'm not even religous.... Must be a dif reason like how materialistic and artificial USA is, cold hard fact. I thought I lost faith in humanity because of the history

[@what7psp]

Trust me I've watched almost all american shows including 80% of HBO shows. Still I think HBO is the best obv because they don't mind spending a shit load money on the shows

[@geel1106]

SpaceWaifuu literally me omg

[@spacesaurus7563]

He fit so well into the themes in In the Flesh. I wish they had continued the show because it was tragically beautiful.

[@PrincessOppie]

ahhh same I loved that show sm

[@ebonywells8194]

no matter how much I watch his videos and listen to his music, Keaton Henson never fails to send chills up and down my spine and touch me to my very core.

[@erensmanbun]

This song is so sad but at the same time so beautiful. His vocals and the guitar...so beautiful. I cry almost every time I listen to it.

[@alecstouffer4607]

A year ago I lost my brother to a fatal account of brain cancer. He was 15 years old. It was as if it was a dream and there was no way to wake up from it. This song helps me realize that all of our lives are different, and that we all have a purpose. Some of us may not realize that even though some things end in ways in which we don't want them to, there's always a reason. I often wonder what Tyler is doing up in heaven, and some day I realize that I'll be up there with him one day. So crazy how a song can alter the outlook on anyone's life.

[@abby-cally]

Alec Stouffer aww god bless xx

[@bettyemachetetmi5005]

I don't know what to say, and I am not sure if I should be saying anything to you just because we're going to lifelong members of a club that neither of us would ever have been in any way whatsoever a willing applicant for. But I have a brother who is not here on earth, too. It's not as recently as yours.I want to say that I'm sorry for the loss of your own. It's not every going to get "better," but it gets different. I was younger than Bobby, but it's changed. I have friends who are never going to meet him,and I have been wanting to talk about him so he doesn't fade into the last time his name was spoken, but it's not like I am actually talking about this real person who I knew sometimes. It's like he is a character in my backstory and it's not a good feeling to have. Don't forget the reality of yours, or letting other people try to make him into a parable. It's not fair to your own personal history. Keep the memories that have no context, too.I think that every life has a purpose for being here, too, and I know that I will be seeing my brother again and you are going to see yours,but you already know that. I just had to say something like this. I am sorry that we're in the dead brothers club, but I am not sorry for being in the I have been blessed with someone who I've lost (for now) club... I don't want to even imagine what life without him in it would have been like, I was just lucky to have gotten a bit of the time that I got. I am actually gonna be keeping you and your family in my prayers. Good night.

[@kristinakate]

​@@bettyemachetetmi5005your story made me cry. I lost my dad to a heart attack when he was only 52. Losing my brother would be my worst nightmare. I hope you're doing ok. Grief is a hard battle we have to fight every day. Keep fighting. We'll see them sooner than we realize.

[@haylievonbischoffshausen1233]

Can't believe I'm back here 10 years later 😳 does not feel like it. Still gave me goosebumps like the first time I listened to it. Same with flesh and bone ❤

[@JadedBelle]

Lyrics are pure gold... Henson is a storyteller from a dark place and it speaks to me so perfectly. The dark is home for so many of us.

[@_the_]

"And I don't feel well, oh couldn't you tell from the way I touched my face" really stuck on me, because I feel understood.

[@angeknowsit]

I love it, i first knew of keaton henson because of "In the flesh" now i cant stop hearing his songs all day long greetings from Mexico

[@kated8830]

+angelica haro me too! I really love his work and I felt like it fit perfectly with that show! :D

[@zeldakitsch]

In the Flesh brought me here :-) Keaton's music so deftly helps to amplify the emotion in the show, it's brilliant.

[@zsuzsavarga5622]

the more i listen to Keaton, the more I want to just hug him and tell him: everything will be fine buddy

[@rachellejanssen2655]

After years of a "boys don't cry" atmosphere in primary school and high school + not being able to be myself + depression I lost my ability to express sadness to others. Instead, I can only express it towards myself. At times I feel like I don't know what feelings other than sadness are, but at the same time I feel more....alive when I feel down? Keaton Henson's songs temporarily lower those walls for me to feel sad for a while and it's kind of nice I hope that one day I can express my own sadness again to show others how I feel....I really have to, or else people will never understand me and why I do all these things (being transgender and fighting to change myself and one day be happy that is). edit after 4 years: I have very stressful work that keeps my mind occupied. It's not really a healthy solution, but alcohol wasn't healthy either. edit after 5 years: I have a different job now, which is much less stressful. They really appreciate my new perspective but changes are very slow. I often worry if I made the right choice. I also need to force myself to move out of the house because I make myself feel stuck edit after 9 years: I have since moved out (about 2 years ago), I'm in an open relationship and I have been on hormones for about 4 months and all the bottled up sadness is coming out.

[@jmikailoff]

+Rachelle Janssen yeah, I understand you

[@yakari1982]

+Rachelle Janssen You know Rachelle, I once said that it's strange, how two people meet and at some point like magic - but natural, after all it's the most basic thing after gravity and the basic phisical forces of matter, space and time - there is some matter that starts accumulating , growing and adding itself up to a new form of matter filled with life, a form that some time after ejects from the body of it's spring. It's a matter of hazard that makes that the universe and one of it's basic forces or facets - life - made these two persons meet and get an offspring, that happens to be me in my case and you in yours. They haven't chosen their organic way nor their instincts that make them love and hate, neither have you chosen to come to be. It just happened. And then you are there. I think that identity is just an illusion, that the ego is just a construction of how the evolution of the tree of life went to try and make these living formations able to keep it going, this circle of generations, which from our small individual point is endless as it exists when we come to existence and goes on after we've gone. It's smaller than a drop in an ocean. Time moves on and it's only a glimpse when you see it. You open your eyes and close them again, and that was it. I think that we are all more or less conscious about the illusion of ourself and the useless- and senselessness, but except for very low beings or very developed beings, we are all in need of sense, of a direction where to head to and where we come from. A recognition of ourself, that when you look into the mirror you see you, that means Rachelle and not just an agglomeration of matter. The ego makes us suffer, but our mind is made in a way that we need it and without it we're quite lost. It's like a plane that's made to fly and not to swim and a boat that's made to swim and not to fly. It's not that another state doesn't exist, in our case an egoless life, it's just that the human mind in the normal state functions better with it, even with all its "misfunctions". I don't think that there's a real sense in life, like a god, a supreme architect who wrote down a plan that's gives a functional reason why or what for I'm here. But what I believe is what I can feel. It may not be real in an absolute way, but when I feel my belly, my hand or some touch, when I sense an emotion, I feel myself to be there and it seems like real to me. The thing is that, many people can understand what you feel. Their way won't be the same, they'll give other answers and formulate other questions, but we're born, live and die most of the time cut from parts of us and pushed by other parts of us that we don't understand in logic and words, but that we sense and feel. And this feeling is shareable. You just did it. Not perfectly maybe ( who ever has managed that?), but you shared something and gave us something. I don't want to be hypocritic or artificial, but thanks. And sorry, I'd like to speak about you, but all I do is speaking about myself. But anyway thanks.Big hug,David

[@rachellejanssen2655]

Chris Atwater HAHA believe me when I tell you that I wish it was possible :P but nah I need surgery for that

[@chrisatwater3829]

git groan

[@chrisatwater3829]

pussi

[@sb-oq1bd]

I found this son 5 years ago and still is my favourite song. Never fails to make me cry. Especially "And it seems I speak Like waters leak And I'm losing friends" part because I have been so lonely my whole life. Like nothing I say or do matter. Keaton did such a good job capturing the loneliness and the calmness that comes with suicidal thoughts. If you been through that you know, that option makes you feel at peace and weirdly, keeps you going. Once you start to feel those, you feel serenity rather than fear. I hope the people who feel sad/thinking about ending it would feel better. Stay strong.

[@elionholf3529]

I dunno. somehow, after 132398 view, I still love and feel this song. It is deeper in my heart and veins, than nothing is. but i CANT look at the pic when he lies in bath, hangin from the ceiling. my tears r filling my face and i can only think of the most painful moments of my life. im on the edge

[@aliencatx]

I hate to admit it but yes In the flesh brought me here and im not ashamed to admit that. Its a beautiful song to a beautiful show.

[@Makingthebullet]

A friend of mine let me listen to this song. Its because of the comments on this video that I'm going to check out In the Flesh. Sounds like a neat show.

[@Murtdha]

And what was your thought on it Because for me just an amazing show And im sad that s3 got cancelled

[@thecrystalczar5009]

My fiance just up and left. No warning. No goodbye. Just. Gone. This and Small Hands were her favorite songs. I've just been listening to these two songs over and over. Wondering what I did wrong. What I could have done better. Why I wasn't good enough.

[@third-strike]

I, too, shared these songs with someone I love who's never coming back. Can barely stand to listen to them now without completely falling apart.

[@thecrystalczar5009]

J S And it just hurts and hurts. And when you thought it has stopped it hurts more.

[@third-strike]

Thunderfuck McPickuptruck I wonder what it's like to be the kind of person who can live and cope with loss. I know, for me, it won't ever end. Not this.

[@thecrystalczar5009]

J S To be able to just get up and move on, without all the pain and sorrow. I wish I was that strong.

[@third-strike]

Thunderfuck McPickuptruck For me...moving on like that would be a betrayal to myself. To just up and forget someone who was everything to you, to erase them from your mind like they never existed... Just because someone destroyed me and left can't make me love them any less..or live on like they did not matter..so I'm condemned to suffer it seems. I wish people were not so damn fickle. I wish they could love the way I love. Or love *me* in that way, I guess.

[@daphnespiderman]

wow, I can't get enough Keaton but THIS is so lovely.

[@unclesalchow8564]

When listening to this beautiful yet heart aching song, I remembered something. Charon in greek mythology is the person who gives and takes you safely into the underworld. If you have money on you then you can pay him to take you there faster, in the hauntingly beautiful video the puppet of, Keaton, I presume commits suicide or tries twice at 3:09 you can see his feet dangling off the ground perhaps being hung by a noose and again in 3:25 where he electrocuted himself. The lyrics "There'll be coins on my eyes, to pay Charon." I can only guess this is for faster passage to the after life...

[@agentk62]

This makes me think, that we may be suffering, and it seems easier to just let go, move on, forget. But, somewhere in this life of forgetting, and letting things go, we have lost our hope to live, the nerve to keep going, we lost faith, in ourselves.

[@miakinder8468]

I have over 800 songs in my iTunes library, which I've been expanding on for 5 years or so. This song is the only one whichever I've purchased the music video for, out of those 800 plus songs. This is a true masterpiece, everything about it reflects me.

[@rocker8541]

He has such a beautiful soothing voice

[@ewanwood8806]

I totally adore this song, its just so amazingly melodic. I first heard this song on a BBC series, and now I'm a massive Keaton Henson fan! I was converted to the new jeezus! the series is called in the flesh, it is incredible, check it out if you havnt al ready!!!!!!! :P

[@pina8938]

I wanted to thank you. This song helped me get through the hardest time in my life....

[@koubrrr]

this song may never be in the billboard top 10. it may not be heard jn every party place or elsewhere. but its a song with a beauty few can feel. few can understand. i always preferred being alone. keaton henson expressing this loneliness throuh his songs and just shows how comforting that is. what will stress me out more than anything is people. and henson is imo one of the best underrated artists there is.

[@MujjOMusic]

Joking Slytherin 😍

[@ClaudioEme]

El 2012 0 '13, veía el programa "Séptimo Vicio" que se transmite en Chile y dieron este tema subtitulado, gracias a ellos conocí la obra de Keaton Henson. Agradecido eternamente.

[@Annie-dx5oj]

And it seems as though I'm on my own And time transcends, oh And it seems I speak Like waters leak And I'm losing friends, oh And there'll be coins on my eyes There'll be coins on my eyes To pay Charon Before I let you near my son And I don't feel well Oh, couldn't you tell, From the way I touch my face? And my thoughts are low And I cannot grow In this small space, oh But there'll be coins on my eyes There'll be coins on my eyes To pay Charon Before I let you near my son And I ain't no And I ain't no And I ain't no Hercules And I ain't no Hercules And I ain't no Hercules And I ain't no Hercules

[@mimzyteehee]

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[@bgray8410]

Heard this song on 'in the flesh' (the best program ever in its genre) love it!

[@marza109]

I got goosebumps all over my arms just as soon as the guitar started playing..... an incredible song

[@ImORtalRAin718]

I JUST got into In The Flesh like 3 years late and I loved Keaton Henson before but In The Flesh made that love grow so much. The songs matched the series so much. What a terrific series and what a great musician/songwriter.

[@sarahmcclain9766]

I love his albums. I'm sad that I can't find two of his old videos anymore. I hope they are being remade, but time takes all and I'm happy for those experiences

[@alexishernandez7185]

Love this song, can't stop listening to it. The guitar is beautiful. Also love Don't swim.

[@marriedtoslayer]

i can't not fall in love every single listen. his music fills my body with roses and i'm at peace. and suddenly, everything is sane again.

[@coopmooo]

pretty much all of the amazing songs i love come from tv shows/adverts. this with the little puppet Keaton broke my heart

[@etouffer]

Keaton my heart has broken into thousands of pieces tonight. it feels as though it has shattered inside of my rotting cage and i've been struggling to breath or do anything that isn't unwise. so here i am chugging wine like it's water and listening to your older music on this channel to try to give me some type of stability.

[@maeuwu6110]

Now we are in autumn and keaton you are here with your songs for my sad autumn:))) sometimes I think wow I should go and say thank god for keaton !! For his songs for I live at same years without keaton and his songs. You know what I say? Thank you for makes sad and depressed autumn. I live with your songs. Thank you keaton. Really really thank you. I love u. I hope,, I wish when I dead still I can hear your songs. :))) thank you ♡

[@lilithhedwig5408]

I know this amazing singer thanks to In the Flesh, a wonderful tv show... now I'm in love

[@Ana-jl5xo]

This song was uploaded on my grandfather's last birthday. He died in January 2013.

[@Laraloco1]

Keaton inspires me. Every since I discovered his treasure trove of beautiful music my mind has allowed itself to be opened further and he's brought me on a journey that excites me. Keaton you are one of a kind and completely fantastic.

[@YouBeSonicImTails]

all of Keaton's music videos are so awesome!!

[@Reegisk]

Thanks to In the flesh for introducing me to this author whom I listen every now and then and I still find very emotional

[@AreaFortyTwo]

Already knew the song but 'In the Flesh' brought me back here. Fitted so perfectly with the end of the episode.

[@andrewhernandez1832]

In love with this song. Amazing how music can heal a person grieving.

[@veronicaquishpe4860]

Hermoso y el sonido de los intrumento me a cauitivado gracias

[@johnheath86]

Keaton Hanson is an absolue Genius, songs from the heart are very rare these days, i just hope he keeps his soul

[@JadedBelle]

I wish I could have watched this...listened to this with no recognition of every single thing he said and idea he betrayed... But that's not the world we live in.. and I understand all too well.

[@thesimpsons1614]

this song hurts. i love it so much.

[@K0Y0L0E0C0U0L0L0E0N]

2012 was definitely the best year for acoustic music...

[@joelbyrne]

Thank you. Your work here is much appreciated!

[@RaulRomerobarnacunyc]

"In the flesh" brought me here... and I'm now a follower... I'm going to see him next week in his New York's debut.

[@basantimardemootoo8703]

His songs knock the wind right out of me.

[@Jimmyboy03151]

Thank you 'In the flesh' love this tune again now

[@sammygadd65]

He makes me cry so much with his music how does he do it

[@farhammer1]

it is a tv show, ive seen only the first episode so far but it was really good (I had a mini freak out when i heard keaton henson on it, made my day)

[@TheManix123]

There'll be coins on my eyes..to pay charon.. This line gives me goosebumps :)

[@andrezajaguar3823]

this is the best depressing song ever

[@derphina1089]

I love sadness, not the bad sadness but good, relaxing sadness. Comforting sadness

[@kateallen9287]

Thank You 'In The Flesh' for making me aware of this song. Love it.

[@phoniric]

he can heal that heartbreak through his art, I believe that he will survive the pain

[@taylorperkins8173]

This song i feel so much similarity in my life. This song reminds me of a time when i was self destructive; and how that no matter what dark path you come across there is always an end and a new start. Thats whats up to you.

[@the_bearded_maximus4601]

Such an incredible song, I always come back.

[@fbrrr.]

His music is a thing of beauty...

[@KiefKiefKiefKief]

who cares if In The Flesh bought you here or not - it's an awesome song, and surely we should just be happy that more people are hearing it now?

[@LBVART]

Right, we need to go on a rescue mission..A man never leaves a shivering bunny behind!

[@nelehf]

beautiful voice..love every song but keaton but this is my favourite :)

[@smollily3601]

I just want to say thank you Keaton

[@richellegeddes3112]

Practice is all that is here just listen to the guitar “ amazingly good sound.. love the puppet effects

[@benmord7003]

Alec Stouffer if you are reading this you have saved my life. Without your strength and guidance I would never have been able to whip up the greatest pot of mac this world this has ever seen. Mac is the reason I am still on this earth and not in a bathtub with a toaster.

[@elzepiano]

Keaton Henson- you are something special.

[@brdrdude999]

I knew the coins for charon referenece but I forgot about hercules. That just brought whole new meaning to the song. Thank you

[@MeganxFaith]

You know you're good when you can make someone have feels for a puppet.

[@sierrawearsglasses]

Good taste in music brought me here.

[@filipegsk]

It's so beautiful.

[@Grimpow000]

Throughout the day I randomly have urges of listening to his songs, don’t know why, but every time is so God damn beautiful. (Sorry for the English ~)

[@Shaniflewog]

How depressing? But thank you in the flesh for bringing me to this beautiful song

[@jesseoakes6913]

sometimes I feel like there's a hole in my heart. and when I listen to his lovely sweet god like voice. I can feel the words slowly passing trough that vary hole.

[@tortison]

this video is so freaking awesome. and this music is also.

[@heartlandcutie13]

Why does this guy not have more publicity? He is amazinggggg. He kind of reminds me of a mix of Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver. Anyone else...?

[@bashmusiic]

Art

[@jwalt8019]

First off, the series "In the Flesh' is an awesome show. And this song and video are so depressing yet beautiful.

[@scottblockley6755]

loved this found it on the new show in the flesh

[@mikkelferupandersen5341]

The soundtrack of my suicide going out with beauty. Sometimes the brilliance of a song say everything better than your own words.

[@paansymusic]

this hurts my soul,, so beautiful

[@lyndseyld2987]

Elliott Smith guitar vibes Also RIP Blake I wish I could have helped 😢 this reminds me of you in the most painful way possible

[@BradDraws]

Such a beautiful song!

[@lettykeatonhenson4344]

omg omw keaton how can i die without seeing you pefom live!

[@hiddenhistoryofearth5090]

"They'll be coins on my eyes to pay Charon before I let you near my SON". - Keaton Henson's saddest words ever written.

[@SashaRosen]

It helped me in the past... Somehow it stopped me from the horrible thoughts...

[@kat-cx5ir]

SashaRosen hope you're still doing well

[@SashaRosen]

sushi kat_ I am, thank you. This song is an essential for a lonely soul. I wasn't able to express a hole that had happened at some point in my life, but that song was. A soundtrack of 8 month of my past. The power of music!

[@kat-cx5ir]

I'm so glad to hear it. And I totally agree. Music is a powerful thing!!

[@absolutely5353]

+SashaRosen ah yes, many of us are plagued by the horrible memories from the attack on 711

[@cruzazul2609]

It's too beautiful. I don't know... really I love it

[@agnesegavare]

very beautiful song. & video as well.

[@zee9134]

CHARON And It seems as though I'm on my own And time transcends, oh! And it seems I speak Like waters leak And I'm losing friends, oh! And there'll be coins on my eyes There'll be coins on my eyes To pay Charon Before I let you near my son And I don't feel well Oh, couldn't you tell, From the way I touch my face? My thoughts are low And I cannot grow In this small space, oh! But there'll be coins on my eyes There'll be coins on my eyes To pay Charon, Before I let you near my son And I ain't no, And I ain't no, And I ain't no Hercules I ain't no Hercules

[@Inkblot1218]

More people need to know and love this music ... But the selfish part of me, the childish part of me, wants to keep it all for my own. It's a beautiful thing; a pretty thing. I want it to be mine, just mine; but I know that if I want this artist -- a true artist -- to receive his just deserves, I will have to share. :/

[@originofnoise]

So beautiful!

[@PeacockAffect]

The more I hear of this guy, the more I like it

[@steviriley2679]

My tears are vodka.

[@absolutely5353]

vodka sucks

[@enomfonasuquo5454]

Stevi Riley beautiful

[@bettyemachetetmi5005]

Oh I am not writing because the discovery of this music distracted me. But it is something that I am stealing, the vodka tears line, when I return to the lyrics I was working on before this find.❤

[@allegraarmstrong2361]

There is hope in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. Saved my life :)