Isaac Waddington - Shoulders | Sofar London

Isaac Waddington performing “Shoulders” at Sofar London on March 21st, 2017.

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Artist: Isaac Waddington

Filmed by: Pavel Radu & Daniel Babusca

Edited by: Pavel Radu

Audio by: Matt Noades

Venue: Tileyard Studios

[cerisejoke]

He was born for music, he looks so passionate I fucking love it

[MonkeyAndTheBee]

Lyrics:

My dad has been off working every hour of the night
just to put the shoes on my feet.
How does he get up with a coffee and a smile every single day of the week?
Something is changed in the way that he talks, the lines on his face weren´t there before,
but we´re growing older, we´re growing older.

So put me back on your shoulders and take me somewhere,
put your arms around my ankles and lift me up in the air.
When life is complicated, it´s so dark out there, put me back on your shoulders,
back on your shoulders, again.

I´ve been finding things tough in the last few days,
but I guess you´ll never know.
I´m tryin´a be a man, tryin´a do the right thing, tryin´a make it on my own.
The streets look pretty big and I still get lost,
I wanna see your face when the lights go off,
I´m far from home.

So put me back on your shoulders and take me somewhere,
put your arms around my ankles and lift me up in the air.
When life is complicated, it´s so dark out there, put me back on your shoulders,
back on your shoulders, again.

One day you´ll never know, I have a boy of my own,
we´ll try to make a little time,
take him to a park and watch him growing up,
and hold him if he ever cries.

And put him back on my shoulders and take him somewhere,
put my arms around his ankles and lift him up in the air.
When life is complicated, it´s so dark out there, I´ll put him back on my shoulders,
back on my shoulders, again.

[MrRuslee]

This song is incredibly written. But whats even special is the audience. Watch their faces. Each one is reflecting with every word he sings. Watch the woman infront of him. She seems to remember something and starts to cry. A song is special when it talks to you and make you feel.

[frenchnugget]

I feel like crying, this is so soft and so powerful at the same time ...

[livmarchese]

How has he managed to get even better?

[heraldhangly]

Holy crap this is unreal man!! Knew you where special when you walked on that stage on BGT!! Can't wait to keep following your journey!!

[Lara-qodc]

this is the music i have always loved him playing, until i heard this song i didint even realised how much time has passed since his audition, how much older I've grown and how much he has grown.I had a massive crush on him back then, honestly I still kinda have. But hearing expressing exactly this topic and thoughts has touched me deeply and I wish him the best of luck

[aysia]

lol i've been in love with isaac for years, thanks sofar 😂

[rynke]

How does Isaac not have millions of followers? He deserves everything

[saahib]

From the moment I saw him on bgt I knew he was special

[mariaseidle]

Why isn't he super famous he sounds amazing! He looks amazing! He's perfect for the music industry.

[chrislayne]

No idea if those misplaced notes are intentional or not but they give the song so much depth and authenticity..

[annaa]

How is this even possible? Maan, as soon as I heard those first words, I knew that this will be soulful and touching.

[sfoman]

Amazing and surprising to hear such soulfulness. Looking forward to hearing more from this young man.

[ArchieNorrisMusic]

Yesss, I've been wanting new stuff from Isaac for years ! He's growing up so much !

[jayshypinka]

My dad past away and this song makes me think of him and miss him so much. It really brings me to tears. This song hits my heart.

[sweetheart]

This song is so incredibly sad and deep. The point that we can all relate to this just hits me at the core

[aloncohen]

How in the world did you manage to pack all the precious memories between me and my son into this song!!

Love it.

[ivanaraujo]

man I've loved his music art, as an artist. I don't think I'm going to ever miss any of his songs. Wish to one day meet him and sing together. God bless.

[juliancox]

I found this song a long time ago and it reminded me of a father I never had growing up, but as a child I always wanted to be on his shoulders, go to work with him and have him near, but he had other ideas unfortunately.

I'm now middle aged but those memories and feelings still remain. I have recently lost my little boy after he fought a long illness with the grace and strength I've never known before.

I stumbled across this song again after some years and it still speaks to me, but the words say something different now, this song reminds me of the love we share but also the sadness of not having him near.

Thank you Isaac for your words, remarkable for someone so young.

I love you Sacha, Dadda's always listening for you..