Sophie Atlas - The Smell of Growing Old (Berklee Next)

This segment of Berklee Next features Sophie Atlas performing their original "The Smell of Growing Old” arranged by Eduardo Chocron. Recorded at the Berklee Performance Center.

Berklee Next features students pursuing a career as performing artists collaborating with other students they might not know who are producers, songwriters, arrangers, choreographers, or other aspects of the industry. Berklee Next is part of the monthly video series, The Medley.

Directed and produced by Andrés González-Cardona

Strings:

Featuring:

Production Credits:
Cameras: Steffan Hacker, Jeannie Greeley
Stage lighting: Riley Parkhurst
Video post-production: Sage Shriver-Bloug, Andrés González-Cardona
Production Assistants: Juan Riera Gomez, Anna Kornis

Music production and mixing: Andrés González-Cardona

Lyrics:

Verse 1
Their shoelaces’ muddy
From being a nobody
In such a big city
With so much less space
Wearing the same shirt
Stacking clothes in their dorm
They’ll do it tomorrow
Haunted by the smell of growing old

Verse 2
Got scars on their body
From digging their nails into their skin
Their heart beats as fast as
The daily beat of this city‘s kids
I know they noticed
That everyone else’s hearts okay
And they are the only ones
That’ll dig a hole to run away

Chorus 1
Can we hold on for a moment
This little kid is silently
Wiping off their tears
And maybe give them some more time please
Their stomach hurts from eating
At the grown-up table
Where they’ll never feel home…
…Where they’ll never feel home…

Interlude
Got scars on my body
From digging my nails into the skin
My heart beats as fast as
The daily beat of this city‘s kids
I know they noticed
That everyone else’s hearts okay
And they are the only one
That’ll dig a hole to run away

Chorus 2
Can we hold on for a moment
This little kid is angrily
Wiping off their tears
Just give them some more time please
They cannot walk as fast as
The grownups yet

Reprise/Outro
Please hold them for a moment
This world is so frightening
Haunted by the smell of growing old

[mimichisan]

Such a sad-beautiful song. A beautiful melody and lyrics that ultimately get under your skin. And everything is sung expressively!

[stillpatient]

Great Stuff! The pitch of your voice has reached an outstanding level. The increasing quality of songwriting, arrangement and performance is evidence of your prodigious development. Creative talent and volition, the further basis of success, you‘ve got it! Love and Respect !

[hunterorsmthn]

Glad to have been apart of this! It's such a beautiful song

[AlexQw-kzbo]

What a great song! And the string arrangement! And the storyline/ Video cut.

[MsEllaSandra]

The string arrangement is amazing!! Loved the song!

[malihoffmann]

wow i am touched, impressed, and inspired. BEAUTIFUL.

[renecrank]

Epoch making! Great! Thank you so much for the goosebumps! In german:
Einfach nur schön!
🤩 😍🤩

[endrikrammelmann]

Great song with a perfect arrangement - looking forward to more of this!

[elementstv]

Wow, ich bin begeistert. Bitter mehr davon.

[mesutc.]

Ein sehr emotionaler Song, das ist schon next Level.

[SashBlaulicht]

Das habe ich mir direkt mehrmals angehört. Das ist echt genial.

[inga-brittanderssonsopran]

WOW! Meeega, Sophie! Und wie toll und ausdrucksstark Du das singst!!