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.

Written by Sophie Atlas https://www.instagram.com/sophieatlasofficial

Strings arranged by Eduardo Chocron https://www.instagram.com/eduardochocron

Directed and produced by Andrés González-Cardona

Strings:
Eduardo Chocron: https://www.instagram.com/eduardochocron
Anika Thomas: https://www.instagram.com/_anikathomas
Ding Sng: https://www.instagram.com/dingdoesmusic
Connor Valcy: https://www.instagram.com/cpviola
Daniel Chouinard: https://www.instagram.com/daniel.chouinard

Featuring:
Emma Moreau: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.em
Anna Huynh: https://www.instagram.com/annah0814
Caroline Moledor: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emcarolinewerollalong
Jean Mackenzie: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emjeangmackenzie
Dhimira Advani: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emdh1m1r4
Bakhita Warui: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.embakhitachristina
Valeria Mateus: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emvalmateus53
Brooke Warren: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.embrooke_warren
Hannah Crouch: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emthealexisblue
Jake Cosentino: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emjakecoz_
Constança Maria De Menez Martins Langer: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emgaptoothnation
Elyse Black: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emelyseblackmusic
Ophelia Ariadne Worbes: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emophelia_ariadne_music
Emily Johnson: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.ememily.h.c.johnson
Angelina Kardos: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emangelina.kardos
Matthew Walsh: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emmatt_.walsh
Hirdhe Singh: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emhirdheunofficial
Jasper Lavan: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emjasperlavan
Dylan Szuch: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emdylan_does_tapdance
Noelle Chew: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.em__reiia._
Isabella Gueck: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emisabellagueck
Hunter Burnsed: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emhunterorsmth
Elisa Plantoff: https://www.instagram.com/moreau.emchanteusee.ll

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