James wrote this for his father (Yep, that's him in the video) who was diagnosed with stage 4 chronic kidney disease and they were having no luck finding a donor for a transplant. Because of the popularity of the song a distant relative of theirs got tested and matched for the transplant. His dad is fine now. The part of the that says "I'm not your son, you're not my father", keep in mind that both James as well as father were in the military. Two grown men saying goodbye would be the type of stiff upper lip British soldiers have. GREAT reaction!! 🎶💖😎

Good music touches our hearts, our souls and our emotions. Thank you for sharing.

I appreciate this reaction soo much! My brother is a police officer who was just in a horrific car accident on duty! He is currently recovering from a traumatic brain injury, he died twice on the way to the hospital. I believe he was visiting my dad (who died 8 yrs ago) because in his therapy session last week he made me promise to tell dad he was okay because he knew he was worried about him! He’s getting stronger every day, but he still has the moments between this world and that 😢

I’ve listened to this song dozens of times and damn if it doesn’t make me call home every time.

Hey Caveman....it takes a real man to show his emotions....good for you brother !

I’m one tough SOB…when I heard this song, I cried like a baby…my dad passed away in 2012… brought back so many feelings…my dad spent 7 months in the hospital…I would go every day, take time off work, go there in the evenings…he called me over…I leaned over…he said to me…I don’t know what I did to deserve a son like you…

It’s crazy because James blunt is a huge star in Europe but this song is what saved his dads life with a donor coming forward to save his life.

I folded your clothes on the chair", Hits me sooo hard!!!

James and his father were both in the army, just like me and my dad. "I am not your son, you are not my father" was their way to say goodbye when one of them had to deploy. This song hits me like a freight train every time. My dad fought for his country in a war so I wouldnt have to. He chased the monsters away for a whole nation, and for me. The monsters chased him in his dreams for the rest of his life. RIP my dear father and god bless every veteran out there.

Every man can relate to this. Boys dont cry......but men do!

The most beautiful song ever. I wish I would have spent more time with my father. He's gone forever and you can't bring it back no matter how you cry or pray. It' over.

i lost my father to cancer 20+ years ago i remember siting at his bedside waiting for the end ,,wishing he would just go to sleep and leave the pain behind so when he sings " daddy wount you please shut your eyes" it gets me everytime ..i have never watched this video without floods of tears

I was 23 when my dad died of cancer. This was 25 yeats ago npw. Thos makes me cry like a baby. I love you dad "caru ti am byth"❤ Thanks for showing your emotions and sharing your story man.

Anyone who has lost a parent cannot finish this song without tears in their eyes...

Loved hearing about your dad.Keep those stories alive.🌹

Oh man you broke my heart. God bless you and your dad.🙏

It's called a skylight on the house😊 your reaction and your story was wonderful thank you❤❤

ah man im 22 and just sitting here cryin . just the thought of it listening to the song again here hits hard man . hvnt seen many of your videos man but great reactions . keepemup

As James and his father were both former officers in the British military, and the eventual transplant was successful following the release of this amazing song...James donated all the proceeds from this video to the UK charity 'Help For Heroes' who do so much brilliant work for ex-servicemen & women. God bless him for doing that. 🙋‍♂ ❤

Great heartfelt reaction. I've lost almost every family member I ever knew and I cry each time I watch this video. Prayers for your father and as an old army veteran thank you for acknowledging us and our service to this great country.

This song brought me to my knees. My father's relationship with me when I was young was an abusive one. So much so that I spent many years not talking to him. My father spent the last years of his life living as a hermit in the woods of Maine. He was found outside his cabin months after his death. What was left of him at least. In our last conversation he tried to reach out to me to connect as father and son. I told him that I didn't think of him as my father. He replied "But I am your father!" I said "My father is six hundred feet tall and broke bones and walls and mothers. It's best for you that I don't think of you as my father. To me you are an older friend that I share a similar sense of humor with that I speak to once a year (if that) on father's day." Eerily similar to " I'm not your son, you're not my father. We're just two grown men saying goodbye. I knew his mistakes, he knew some of mine. I could not forgive or forget. He was my monster.

James Blunt is the BEST EVER!!! SO STRONG TO SING THROUGH THE TEARS!!! STRONG!!! THIS SONG WILL BE PLAYED AT MY FATHERS REMEMBRANCE. HE HAD NO SONS BUT HE HAS JUST AS MUCH FROM HIS 3 GIRLS. ❤😢😢😢😢

I feel for you lovely. God bless you and your Dad. ❤

I think we as people who love to watch reactors, like to connect sometimes, & showing vulnerability with us, does that......thank you for being real & raw with us 💗💗💗

Your emotions and story about your Dad is touching and I can see why it resonated so strongly with you. Having lost my parents and other loved ones in the family, I shed tears when I listen to this song. It so easy to see you are a tender hearted man who is not afraid to show your feelings. Treasure each day with your dad. Having lost my spouse recently, we did not let a day go by without saying I Love You to one another. Especially since my better half was so ill and we knew what the outcome of that illness would be. Bless you.

Glad you still have yourfather around.. It is also obvious you love your dad and he you. I have no Mother or Father living, (my Dad died in a car accident when I was 7). Doesn't stop me from sheadding a tear every time I've listened to this song. Hope you have more years to say I love you to your Dad.

Your story broke my heart. I went through a similar experience with my mom after her hip surgery. I called her to tell her I was coming to visit her at the hospital, and she whispered, "NO! Don't come! Call the police. They kidnapped me and broke my leg so I can't leave. I couldn't live with myself if you get kidnapped, too." This went on for a couple of days, and this was when we found out about her dementia. She returned to her usual self (mostly) after about a week or two and lived with me for 11 years after this. It was hard working and caring for her, but so worth it. It wasn't all work, though; we did a lot of fun things, too, and I don't regret one second of the time I got to spend with her.

My dad is an extremely complicated man. He watched & cared for my mother at age 27, the love of his life, be terminally diagnosed with glioblastoma shortly after my birth, through the next year until she passed away peacefully at home with us. That experience changed him fundamentally from everyone who knew him before and after. I wish I got to know the before version of him but I did not. My childhood was rough...he was very controlling with me but not my older brother. I moved out at 15 and have had to periodically set stiff boundaries with him throughout my life. One thing I will forever be grateful to him for is that he NEVER ONCE hid or tried to disguise death & dying to me or my brother as something else to us. He was an engineer when my mom got sick & after her death went back to school and got his Master's degree in social work specializing in oncology & hospice care. With literally anything my dad did in life, he either hit it out of the ballpark perfectly or dropped a nuke on it fucking it all up. There is no in-between with him. BUT he ALWAYS ALWAYS got the dying & death right. He is now 74 and diagnosed with dementia. Our worst nightmare but something I just knew in my bones would happen. He had made his wishes VERY CLEAR when I was a teen that regardless of age he did NOT want life extending care ever - only palliative care....and that he wanted to die by age 75. He is currently starving himself to death before he can no longer choose to eat or drink. I understand and accept this. I've been a caregiver to developmentally disabled, mentally ill, elderly & hospice patients my entire life. He made his decision decades ago and as OCD as he is he renewed those wishes every 6 months with a notary and everything since I was a teen. He will never admit or talk about his mistakes or the trauma he inflicted on me but I've accepted that, took me many years to do so, and I do know he KNOWS the pain he caused. He's done incredible harm to me but he's also been my ABSOLUTE CHAMPION when I needed it most...an INCREDIBLY complicated relationship to be sure. This song absolutely guts me every time I put it on but it also soothes me in a weird sort of way. Like most relationships in life - it's complicated and messy but this song has helped me cope. Thank you for your reaction.

Roman, thanks for sharing your reaction to James' song and more importantly your own beautiful story. God bless you.

So grateful to have been able to clear the air with my dad before he passed. Perhaps not quite so eloquently as james does through this song, but meaningful none the less.

Raw emotions man. Thank you for keeping the reactions real and honest. The fact that you are transparent about your emotions really brings a whole different level of a “reaction” to the viewer. Keep it up, don’t downplay your content, we all love it and appreciate it. All the best to your dad! Be well Caveman!

Sir, Thank you for sharing your personal story. What a powerful song, what heart felt emotion captured in this video. A limited and precious thing to never waste...Time. I have learned late in life.

Goosebumps from your story. I’m sorry for the loss of your mom and all your father has gone thru! My dad is currently in a memory care facility after falling and breaking his hip. It’s so hard to see them upset. Prayers work, trust in God and bless you and your family

Awh, pet. I'm so sorry. We lost our daddy when he was only 51. I was 19 and my brothers 2 and years older. Our lives were changed forever.

I've pretty much watched about 50 reactions to this song I guess because I am looking for just a shred of real human emotion and after all these tries I feel like I finally found it. My dad is 80 and is very frail. I'm 40 and he has been my hero, my idol my entire life. I inherited my monster from him. They were his and now they are mine. I've chased them away every day of my life I have been an adult not kept by him. It was his job when I was young. Now it my job. And over the last couple of years I've made an effort to see him every week to just chase his monster away so he can be at peace at least in the late part of this life. Thankyou for your story brother.

All I can say is how much I loved your story you told everyone, I, like most have tears , between the song and the storytelling it just about ended me. Ty

This song hit me hard. I just heard it for the first time yesterday and have listened to it about 20 times since. The reason is I lost my Dad just over a year ago. He came home to my house on Hospice and lasted 3 days and I stayed every minute with him. As my Dad started to pass it was just me and him in the room and he knew right before he told me it was his time to go and I would be ok. When he started to feel himself slip away I saw panic for a moment so I just kept rubbing his chest and told him to keep looking at me as I didn't know what else to do but knew it would be what he would do for me and did that for about 5 minutes never breaking eyes with him until he passed. It was one of the worst and best moments of my life.

I LOVE that you use the artist full screen. I think it's such a tribute to their work 👌🏼

Im so fortunate that my dad is still here despite dealing with dementia i took over as his caregiver he often gets mad at me when i take him to his appointments and I always tell him "im trying to keep you around as long as i can" im scared of the day when hos memories fully go but this song made me wanna spend every moment with him.....

My heart goes out to you Roman. Yeah it was like that with my mom. She would go unresponsive a lot and be in hospital a lot for that. As she had early dementia and infections would put her in a weird place. So many times, she was like why wouldn’t your dad talk to me, he only wanted to talk to you. My father had passed 12 years before. I was surprised because she was honest in what she said. I told her, mom, he would crawl over me to get to you, if he does talk to me ill pass along the message i promise. She was like i love you both so much, you always take care of me. It hurts, but in the end, it means you mean a lot to them in that state. Don’t know what more to say, it is hard, but in the end you are there walking them out. Or at least it as. The best you can do is walk the ones out of their life as they walked you into yours. Thank you.

The heartbreak my siblings and I felt, when, through Alzheimer's, my dad thought my mom had left him. She had passed away 2 years before and those memories had left him. We had to lie to him every time that she was helping her brother, who had a heart attack out at his place. Her brother was also gone too, and dad had forgotten that too.

I lost both of my parents in 2022 at the age of 30 years while trying to graduate from university. I miss them both so much.

My dad was a vet .I lost him 3 years ago doing the BS so I didn't get to see him or tell him the words of this song. I miss him so much

Sending healing hugs from Australia ❤️🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘

This is such an amazing song. I honestly had never heard it before American Idol this past season when Iam Tongi , who had lost his father two months earlier, auditioned with this song, which went ultra viral, and then on the finale he and James did a duet of this song in a very powerful performance.

Thanks for the beautiful reaction to this powerful and deeply emotional song. It never fails to get me going too. I guess we all have our own issues with our parents in their later years, and I'm no different. (Incidentally, you chopped about 5 seconds off the video at the end which just about topped it all off for me). God bless you man.❤ 🙋‍♂ ❤ 🙋‍♂

This time of your life must be so difficult, Caveman. Please make sure you get the support you need. ❤️❤️❤️

My dad had a bad stroke. He saw death following him. He thought people were out to get him even my sisters. He had forgot some of them. I was his only boy out of 5. He told me that him seeing me so strong when the rest of the family was breaking down made him feel safe. Little did he know i was breaking down too i just couldnt let him see that. I had to chace his monsters away. I had to be the strong one now. This song is so good. (He is a lot better now but still recovering)

Loved your reaction. Also, you should watch America Idol winner this year, Iam Togi. He sings this song for his audition. It is great! You will love it! He is from Hawaii. If you haven't watched him; you should watch his journey on American idol. It will be worth your while I promise you.

James could only do this in one take. Too hard. It's so beautiful.

Very nice, great reaction, yes life is too short to hold resentment with those we love 💯

What a beautiful reaction Caveman sending lots of love to you and your family from New Zealand

If you like these kind of videos you need to do Lewis Capaldi video (Wish you the best).Great reaction to James! ❤he was my late husbands favorite singer I love all his music❤️

James was a Captain in the British Army, his father had been a Colonel, I believe when James was of to Yugoslavia as part of the UN contingency (he was the first tank into Kosovo) his father departing remark was “your not my son I’m not your father, we’re jus two men saying goodbye” which James amended to include in the song. James’s father (yes him in the video) had been a kidney donor and later developed stage 4 kidney failure and no match could be found and this song is Jame’s goodbye to him, James donated all the proceeds from this song to the services charity “Help for Hero’s”. This recording received worldwide exposure and a distant relative in Australia heard it and the story and got in touch, turns out they were a match and Jame’s father received his operation and is doing fine. So in some sense this song did chase the monsters away. Apparently after this recording the entire crew were in tears, his father said something like “what the hell is everyone crying for? I’m still alive.”

Can't say I had the greatest relationship with my dad but when he had his last heart attack,I heard my mother screaming and I try to bring him back but I knew he was gone 25 years laters I still cry like a baby

my dad was a known man around my area and no one would mess with him or our family, but i didnt know this, i was way to young. But stories come out that my dad was a loving respectful person! and because of my dad he was the father/man that kept me safe! But as i grew up he taught me to be not angry and now fight unless needed to.

This is the ultimate man cry song. Mate you had no choice.......ITS ALLOWED.

I’m very lucky to have not lost a parent yet. But bless you!!!! I could truly feel your pain in the same way I can feel James pain in his track.

That is very inspiring, that our prayers our being perceived by the person being prayed for through a skylight? Nice reaction friend

Beautiful reaction...God bless .

I cried so hard last night while watching this video. It hit so close to my life. My huband fought Adult Diabetes from the moment he was born. He wanted to live, see his children & grandchildren. He was trying to stay alive ,he had a double kidney & pancreas transplant, then another kidney transplant. He went through so much pain trying to live. He ended up passing away at his 3rd transplant. I cried as this song was being played, I cried for our children & grandson ( who we raised) when they had to say goodbye to their Dad😢😢

Thank you for storytime Caveman, this song stabs me in the heart every time I hear it. Both of my folks are still alive but I am absolutely petrified of the inevitable moment when I have to say goodbye.

Thank You Roman for making this video and telling us about your Dad's Story. I've always had a soft spot for seeing tough looking guys cry. Like if I see something really sad around other people, I try to he strong and not cry sometimes but I'm alone. Watching this video and seeing you cry makes me feel like it's okay to cry because I was there with my Dad and our whole Family when his Dad died in a hospital bed and that's the most painful memory I have and this song makes me think of my Father watching his Dad die. I can't possibly imagine what was going through my Dads mind in that moment. But I fear the day I lose my Dad. I don't ever want to lose him. I hope he lives longer than his Dad did which was 90 and my Dads 68 now and I'm not ready for that you know? Anyways thank you again for this video. I'm gonna watch a happier video of yours now.

Im old. My Dad died years ago. I miss him every day. This song breaks my heart every time I hear it...I still come back

This is my first time sitting in with you today, thank you for allowing me to do that! I enjoyed my time with you and your stories about your father. I subscribed and left a big like for you! I loved your reaction!

You are an amazing person, thankyou so much for your reaction and you opening up about your life. Your dad also sounds like he has had a full and hard life, it was heartbreaking to hear that some of the memories he holds deep inside, feel like hell to him. I'm a mental health worker and the brain still works in mysterious ways, but it sounds like he has some really bad and distressing memories locked inside, where he may also feel some guilt or regret. He needs to forgive himself and he needs magnificent people like you to help him. When he does forgive himself, he will be able to see himself going to heaven when it's time. ❤️ What your doing on here , is an inspiration for a lot of people, this is my first time watching your channel, but I'm now here to stay. Your reaction and experiences are heart felt and amazing, I also had a good cry, it's good for the soul. Again thankyou ❤️ From Australia.

Try James Blunt I will carry you home

James found a poem written by his sister, James took the words and wrote this powerful emotional song

Thanks so so so much for sharing your story and emotions!!!! ❤

Anybody notice James prompt his dad to put his hand on his arm lol

Beautiful genuine reaction. I had to subscribe. I understand your sadness, lost both my parents. Our parents were the best. Losing them was the worst pain I ever went through. Nice to see a man to be so honest about losing his mother and the hurt of watching your dad suffer. That’s real family love. Take care of yourself, heartbreaking 💔 watching a parent suffer. Love from Catherine in Ireland 🇮🇪

Miss you dad !!!

Look up the story of James having to strap his guitar to the outside of his tank as he drove into a war zone.

Stumbled across your page and absolutely love your content! Stay strong big guy.

Both Blunt and his father served in the military and when James's was sent to Kosovo it has been reported that when his father said goodbye, his dad said, "you are not my son and I am not your father, we are just two grown men saying goodbye ".

Iv lost both of my parents before I was even 39 years my dad passed away when I was eleven my mom passed in 2020 she didn’t know who I was and I took care of her every day so I can relate to this song.

I lost my Dad in 2020, and we were very close. Love this song 🎵 ❤️

Thank you for your honest reaction!

James Blunt had this song and the music video and he wrote that song for his father passed away from 4 kidney disase. He sings that song and my grandaddy passed away in 2022. And James made up his first Album Once Upon A Mind and his dad was in the video and James did a great Job. And My dad went to the furnal and grandaddy died in the coffin so CaveMan you're the best youtuber

Caveman, my heart goes out to you

This Song rippen my heart out..my dad passed in 2002. At 72 Ww2 vet...dementia..mom passed this year at 92...powerful song..Im 60 now...cried my butt off

Chris stapleton " daddy doesnt pray anymore". Amzing song.

Thank you. I am glad your dad is better. I have stage 3 kidney disease. I am prepared but I am in no rush to be draped with the Flag quite yet.

Prayers up brother, even if it's a few days late.

This song is a major tribute to all our fathers

Quite a remarkable man is old James. Whilst in Kosovo he prevented world war 3 by refusing an order by a US general. Ordered to occupy an airfield but the Russians were already there. General basically said take them out and he refused. The British military high command backed his decision.

I’m crying 😢

I am lucky that I still have my dad and that I bought a house literally down the road from him and my mother. I get to see them whenever I can. I come home from work and see my dads car in my driveway waiting for me to get home. He's my best friend now. We hunt. We fish. We fix things together. We hang out together. He's still my dad though. He loves the life and family I have created and I can't tell you how much that means to me. Gonna hug him extra hard after this. This song makes me think of what will eventually happen and it scares me to my core. I know it will hit me so hard.

Im new to the channel, thank you for sharing your story.

I wish i could hear the real audio of the filming. The struggling would probably make me cry more than usual

Your Dad went through a lot, great to think he felt you were the “go to man “

Thank you for your honesty!❤

My mom always took "monsters" away. even when she was sick herself and I should have taken them. I hope I took away some of hers too, the last years she lived.

Newest fan, brother. Thanks for sharing.

This was done in one take. No filters or anything else.

Thank you for your reaction james has always been my idol since i was a teenager now I'm 28

Caveman, was it a skylight you where trying to describe?

I fell your pain my mum has the same only she has no clue who we are god bless we buried my wife's dad yesterday god bless

Wow every time this song gets me 😭😭