Vidéo : Ben Howard – End of the Affair

Trois ans après Every Kingdom, End of the Affair commence comme une supplique déchirante à la Keaton Henson puis s’ébouriffe, s’électrise, se soulève dans un règlement de compte musical loin d’être OK, un cri du cœur qui jaillit ad libitum qui met KO, mantra primal autobiographique feulé dans le micro de sa guitare pour se libérer. On est loin du roman de Graham Greene mais les frissons sont garantis.

Ben Howard – End of the Affair

Ben Howard – End of the Affair (Live at Bonnaroo)

The end of the affair
The weight of the world
The kindness gone to bed
The weight of your laughter
Alive in the halls
Did he hear, did he hear
The fumbled words you said

Living without her
Living at all
Seems to slow me down
Living forever
Hell, I don’t know
Do I care, do I care
The thunder’s rumbled sound

Now I watch her
Running ’round in love again
Now I talk about you
When I’m with our mutual friends

The end of the affair
The weight of the world
The kindness gone to bed
It’s free of your laughter
Alive after all
Do I care to hear
The fumbled words he said

Living without her
Living at all
Seems to slow me down
Living forever
Hell, I don’t know
Do I care, do I care
The thunder’s rumbled sound

Now I watch her
Running ’round in love again
Now I talk about you
When I’m with our mutual friends

Now I watch her
Running ’round in love again
Now I talk about you
When I’m with our mutual friends

This is it
This is just it
Go to him
What the hell, love ?
What the hell ?

This is it
This is just it
Go to him
What the hell, love ?
What the hell ?

This is it
This is just it
Go to him
What the hell, love ?
What the hell ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGesAbY3Lo