He said in an interview that right after he performed this, he was by himself in a corridor backstage when Paul McCartney came up to congratulate him and tell him he should keep on going.

this is genuinely one of my favourite live performances on any song ever, 8 years now and I keep coming back x

"It's not true that only when a door is locked, nobody enters..." Most powerful line in the song imo, and one that describes what I'm going through right now so beatifully.

You feel less lonely when someone sing the same sorrow...

Sometimes music transcends everyday life and lifts you to somewhere higher. This is that moment.

I adore his timing on this song.

His eyes so beautiful

So amazing how he express so much emotion in one song :')

I cant begin to say how much this song means to me right now. Relatable isnt strong enough a word

I remember seeing this performance when i was a kid back in 2013, right after i went on my way to school. Listening him now feels the same way it did that morning. I don't know what it is exactly, but the feeling is so deep, so touching. Thank you very much, greetings from Chile.

It's just simply an incredible, beautiful song and performance. Thanks Benjamin.

It’s a beautiful song but it’s the raw emotion of this performance that really blows me away

this broke my heart wow.

I nearly cried

Everytime I listen to him I'm reduced to tears. And I coming back for more. I have tickets to see him at the Royal Albert Hall in October. And I think I'm more excited about that than my holiday to Greece ❤

This guy is something else. Just wow! :)

Thanks Paloma

Thank you random guy with great music taste that recommended this on a website, just thank you so much

He was homeless, the pain and hope he sings about is intense. Wonderful man, wonderful performance

pure talent

beautifully honest

Benjamin Clementine sings with such authenticity that you don't hear the music, you LIVE it. Just beautiful.

One of my favourite performances of Benjamin’s. What he is doing is fearless, and It is exactly what music needs I particularly love the second verse and the way he delivers it. The more and more I listen to his stuff, the more and more I realise the genius of it

I think this song truly sums up self inflicted isolation and the inner thoughts that someone thinks to justify doing this when they recluses themselves during depression.

Wonderful...saw this dude in Brighton a few weeks ago....absolutely remarkable gig....

watched this countless times now since it first aired, never tiring of it. mindblowing performance.

One of the best pefornaces I've seen in my life

Just blown away! The raw talent and musical genius of this man is totally overwhelming. I'm in tears 😭

I've seen him live earlier this month, absolutely fabulous. I'm utterly surrendered to his music!!

The passion is so amazing. Good to know there is hope for good music.

Quasi impossibile spiegare le emozioni che trasmette questa voce.... Semplicemente vera! Clementine sei grande....

Honestly love this so much. So happy he’s doing music.

It's not a song, it's poetry! Amazing

talented, gifted and moving!

“One might almost say that works of art, like artesian wells, mount higher in proportion as the suffering has more deeply pierced the heart.” (Proust)

No hay palabras, para describir a este hombre y su arte, lo poco que puedo decir es que es sublime, único, etc.

This transcends music. Its art and spiritual art at that. "kin love this guy

I listened to this song 3 days back for the first time. Since then it's running on repeat !! :/

This is extraordinary.. Beautiful heartbreaking raw and honest

TRUE ART ...How he conveys such Incredible passion is near unique..He is Unique!

Someone asked for the chords, I tried to write them down (corrections are welcome). The verses are F# / F#/Eb / Bbm / Bbm / (left hand on the bass and right hand on the downward arpeggios, third inversion on the Bbm). The chorus is F# / Ebm / B / B / and the "Home" part is F# / C# / B / B /. The bridge at 2:38 goes F# / G#m / Bbm / G#m / C# / three times, with bits of melody on the right hand inbetween the chords. At 3:01, there a B, a C#, and back to the chorus. The ending is just like the verses, fading away on the final Bbm.

Heard all the hype. It's all justified for a change. What a talent!

WOW! Music, Poetry, art and life in 4mins. This is why i love to explore new music.

I absolutely love this song... It sends me on a little journey

Incredible, i hear traces of Tim Buckley, Peter Hammill, and some other that spring to mind right now

...Please press this version on to vinyl. like this to make it happen.

The seering pain of loneliness, suffering, and isolation, can be the finest creative collaborators. The truth shall set you free.

his eyes... i cried as hell!

I like how the audience keeps the little silence after the performance.. not everyone does that, I like that:)

Young, Black & Gifted #celebratingblackexcellence - awe inspired for days!

i felt it, and it was amazing...

Why am I crying...

sublime

the TEARS in his EYES

this needs more views,everyone should see this!

This should have millions of views.

Ah, Ive been looking for this....sublime xxx

truly beautiful... it is rare to a musician who can transmit so much emotion through a screen.

Benjamin, you are amaizing artist and true person...thank you a lot! And please dont be producer's toy and any changes for comercial...be the same! Love you!

Brilliant!

Magnifique

pure emontion

Quite simply beautiful.

Still occasionally watching this since watching that night. Amazing

Absolutely spot on. It makes you sit down and stare.

So glad I came across this video!!

What an incredible performance - so powerful.

Outstanding! There's some hope and truth in music still

, jamas me e sentido tan identificado con una cancion sin saber que decia y mas asombrado estoy cuando leo su traduccion

A stunning performance! We are witnessing a great emerging talent.

I'm only 18 so I don't know names but he has the same delivery as a female soul songstress I cant remember her name but for someone of my age I know a lot in my musical history sister Rosetta Tharp and Big Mama Thornton to name two, so spare the crap, but this is a deep song, is it blues is it classical what the fuck is it the first tie I heard this song I thought nothing of it but then the next day I kept humming it and every time I listen to this it hits me like what the fuck to quote DR Dre "hits your ear drums like a slug to your chest" I can feel my face and back tingling and shivering when I listen to this I cant focus on anything else when this plays, you can see from his face that he is so into the song and so connected he is absolutely knackered by the end an art not a song.

He is refreshing! Love it!

This is absolutely brilliant.

If people really have a soul, then this song hits mine so hard.

makes me cry

brilliant Sir , love it

breathtaking

The herald of change Dune 2021

This is beyond words.

amazing!!!

Wow, emotionally charged music, love it. thank you.

wow, that gave me the chills

Amazing! Wow!

wow! just heard him for the first time. i want more.

Wondeful song,Wonderful live,Wonderful ARTIST....

Maravilhoso som. Interpretação fantástica

amazing

this is so good

Wow, fabulous! That's what we call talent.

amaizing voice I'd ever heard!!**

Pure art.

Incredible

Superbe! Quelle voix, et quel piano!

Fabulous 🤘

He'll be performing live MAY 15th 2014 at KOKO, LONDON and MAY 19th 2014 at La Cigale, PARIS!

ESTE CHICO TIENE TALENTO, ME RECUERDA A NINA SIMONE CUANDO ESTABA EN EL ESCENARIO TOCANDO SU PIANO E INTERPRETABA CADA LETRA EXPRESANDO SUS EMOCIONES

Just... amazing artist.

heartbreaking & beautiful

Huauu! Som da alma!

beautifull voice